Mclaren teases with colour change...again

I think in the end we are going to wonder what the big deal was.

 

As usual!

 

Mclaren Honda 2017 - Presentation MCL32 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJpOmUkpED8

 

Red Bull tried to ban shark fins ? Horner ? F1 Fanatic

"Horner added there was one other feature on the 2017 F1 grid he doesn’t like the look of. “Apart from the McLaren colour scheme, everything looks great,” he said. “I think Ron [Dennis] must be going mad.”

 

I hope Horner follows Brawn in his technical role should the former retire. These guys make so much sense. Brawn also said he wants to get rid of them.

The shark fins look awful.

I like the orange though on the McLaren.

 

So far in pre-season testing it looks as though I was right! (see post #21 )

 

Have read that Red Bull desn't get as much advantage from the shark fins as other teams because of the car configuration. That's why Horner keeps going on about it and even tried to close the loophole late last year

 

Interesting. I still don't like them personally though.

 

Really ?

I don't mind them at all.

 

You don't mind endurance cars though - I think most of those look horrible personally. It looks like a big, floppy advertising sign to me. Like a taxi, or a pizza delivery car.

 

Well, for me single-seaters have stopped being pleasant to look at, since they started to grow wings many years ago, so I cannot see tail fins being worse.

 

I'm in the vast minority of liking them. Maybe like is too strong a word, as I certainly think they look better without them, but don't find them so ugly as many are saying.

Do wish teams painted their drivers number on the side though, as many try and spot which car is which by looking for the number (especially when drivers have too similar a helmet, like Red Bull last year)

 

I like simple winged aero cars the best personally - 1990s.

 

The shark fins may look bad but they work. They are there for yaw stability. They also function just like the top flaps on NASCARs. In the even of a spin or yaw departure, the chassis will slow greatly from drag or rudder back into a straight trajectory. LMP cars also have them for pretty much the same reason, no?

 

They are functional yes, just don't like them aesthetically. What you say makes sense, but I'm not an aero expert. Even the Honda Indycar aero kit has a small one, but it doesn't extend as far to the rear of the car.

 

True regarding the LMP cars.

The ACO did some aerodynamic research before imposing them.

I noticed also that most streamliners and many "modified" cars at Bonneville have a large tailfin to stop them spinning out of control at high speed.