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Originally Posted by Joeaksa
I want to find out what in the world McLaren has done with their exhaust!
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No kidding. They were having so much trouble with their blown diffuser before the summer break, and now they seem to have found the downforce, but that is a really weird noise coming from an F1 car.
I wonder if a combination of some new discovery (like when they couldn't get their rear wing working last season and they discovered the stalling effect by accident that led to the F duct) and the fact that Ferrari and Red Bull probably cannot run their flexible front wings has given McLaren the edge--at least for Spa. We won't know for sure until Singapore when we are back to tracks that should suit Red Bull.
Is a valve in the exhaust legal? I assume not. The McLarens only seemed to make that low burbling noise when entering a corner. Maybe they found some kind of harmonic resonance that helps create downforce? I'm always amazed by the discoveries that come out of F1.