While Lando Norris closed the first session in the morning in second place overall in the pre-season tests in Barcelona behind Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari, McLaren brought the second body of the MCL36 to the Catalan paddock which has come ready and which will serve as an escort for the three days. of Spanish tests.
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL36: aerodynamic tests with flo viz paint
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The Woking team therefore took precautions with the possibility of continuing the work of getting to know the MCL36 even if unfortunately the chassis number 1 should endure some problems.
At the same time as the Spanish tests, in fact, at the Technocentre headquarters, McLaren personnel are carrying out the production of the spare parts that will be needed to face the official test session in Bahrain and the opening GP that will be held on the Sakhir track.
McLaren MCL36, technical detail of the front suspension pull
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
The MCL36 is a single-seater that has attracted many glances for the suspension kinematics that have been subverted compared to last year: pull rod at the front and push rod at the rear, preceding the solutions then adopted by Red Bull by a few days.
McLaren MCL36: here is the arrangement of the radiators to cool the Mercedes power unit
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
On James Key’s car, it has not escaped the fact that the radiators have been allocated on three distinct floors: in addition to those in the bellies and above the Mercedes engine, it is striking that there is a third row of radiators behind the attack of the Halo on the chassis.
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