The front wing is a visible evolution of a special version last year that was raced occasionally. McLaren decided to design a snow-plough device, just like Williams used last year to provide better airflow under the nose cone and towards the rear end of the car. While last year's Brawn was highly successful with the low nose to carry ballast, this year's reduction of front tyre width reduces this need to carry weight at the front of the car.Īs the nose went up, more space is available under it. Just as at Ferrari, the new McLaren was designed with a nose lifted up higher and wider than on the MP4/24. The 30-year old Briton faces his five year younger countrymen who was champion in 2008. The team is also once more allowed to have numbers 1 and 2 on the car as Jenson Button, the World Champion of 2009 joins the team as he decided to leave Brawn GP. The change was to be expected though as the team struggled badly with the MP4/24, mainly due to a bad weight distribution. McLaren's 2010 contender is visually very different from its predecessor. To discover for yourself how well the McLaren engineers overcame the issues caused by the double-diffuser ban and, more importantly, to drive one of the 2011 Formula One season's top two cars, take the McLaren MP4-26 out onto the Simraceway tracks now.Team: McLaren International Ltd Team: Paddy Lowe (Engineering Director), Neil Oatley (Design & Dev director), Simon Lacey ( HA), Tim Goss ( CE), Mark Williams (Head of Vehicle Engineering), Martin Whitmarsh ( TP), Jonathan Neale ( MD)ĭrivers: Jenson Button (1), Lewis Hamilton (2) It also featured a Mercedes-designed, engine-mounted KERS system after the constructors had agreed to end the self-imposed ban that had been in force throughout 2010.ĭuring the 19-race season the MP4-26's Mercedes FO 108Y engine, which it shared with the Mercedes GP Petronas and Force India teams, carried Hamilton and Button to three wins each and an impressive 18 podium finishes in all. Sporting a raised nose, an innovative U-shaped sidepod arrangement, and a longer wheelbase than the MP4-25, the MP4-26 was designed with downforce maximization in mind following the banning of double-diffusers prior to the start of the season. Like its predecessor in 2010, the MP4-26 proved extremely competitive during the 2011 Formula One season, leading Vodafone McLaren Mercedes to second-place in the Constructors' Championship for a second consecutive season and Jenson Button (2nd) and Lewis Hamilton (5th) to respectable positions in the Drivers' Championship.

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