Mclaren brings a B-spec car to Barcelona - pics of the radically redesigned nose

The new nose looks very "advanced" with so many new parts. I hope its fast on track as well.

Here's the comparison between the "old" and new nose.

Old nose from the start of the season

New nose ; B-spec car

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Side by side comparison of the nose

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New B-spec car in action in Spain

Technical analysis by someone more knowledgeable than me on the subject.

The team leaders seem positive with the new developments. Practice 2 timelaps so far haven't shown that with Stoffel Vandoorne 1.463 seconds behind the leader on supersoft tyres and Fernando Alonso 1.776 second behind the leader on the medium tyres. It's just Practice for now so we'llsee how they do in qualifying and race. Mclaren have shown they have better race pace than qualifying pace this season.

FP2 timesheet:

1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:18.259 S
2 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 0.133s S
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.274s SS
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 0.326s SS
5 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.352s SS
6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 0.570s S
7 Romain Grosjean Haas 1.320s SS
8 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1.384s SS
9 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1.463s SS
10 Sergio Perez Force India 1.703s S
11 Esteban Ocon Force India 1.765s SS
12 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1.776s M
13 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1.924s SS
14 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 2.114s SS
15 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 2.242s SS
16 Charles Leclerc Sauber 2.255s SS
17 Carlos Sainz Renault 2.413s S
18 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 3.006s SS
19 Lance Stroll Williams 3.297s M
20 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 3.801s SS

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