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28 Mar 2014
Malaysian GP - Technical Image Gallery - Friday

A selection of the best technical images from Fridays action in Sepang courtesy of Sutton Images

McLaren MP4-29 - wide angle shot showing the new nose which features a shorter, more drooped 'finger section owing to the raised section behind which will allow more airflow to pass underneath the car and drive the floor
 Mercedes WO5 Front Wing detail (wing raced in Melbourne)
 Williams FW36 - Side view shows the longer engine cover with upper cannon style cooling outlet rather than their usual much larger lower outlet and shark fin cover
 Marussia MR03 Side View
 Lotus E22 Side view
 Sauber C33 side view

 Caterham CT05 - side view
 McLaren MP4-29 - side view
 Force India VJM07 - side view
 Toro Rosso STR9 - side view
 Red Bull RB10 - Front brake duct detail, note the scroll vanes that will collate the airflow dispatched by the front wing and re-purpose it
 Red Bull RB10 - rear detail
 Force India VJM07 - rear detail
 Red Bull RB10 - front wing detail
 McLaren MP4-29 Front wing detail and new nose configuration from the front
 McLaren MP4-29 pitot tube array used during free practice to ascertain the impact of tyre wake around the bargeboard region
 McLaren MP4-29 new nose detail

 Lotus E22 front wing detail
 Lotus E22 front brake duct detail, note the proliferation of winglets on the top edge of the duct whilst the lower section is also treated to curved flow conditioners
 Marussia MR03 bulkhead detail, note the driver and heatsink cooling at the base
 Marussia MR03 - A flo-viz'd up rear wing, whilst the car is also devoid of the usual Y100 winglet showing the size of the inverted Y-Lon

 Sauber C33 rear end detail
 McLaren MP4-29 rear end detail
Williams FW36 - enlarged central cooling cannon exit ahead of the Y100 winglet as trialled briefly in pre-season testing

 Toro Rosso STR9 rear detail shows the team running without the previously trialled central inverted Y-Lon or the Y100 winglet

 Williams FW36 - enlarged central cooling cannon exit ahead of the Y100 winglet as trialled briefly in pre-season testing albeit this time with a gurney trim that runs around its periphery
 Ferrari F14T rear end detail, note the enlarged cooling cannon outlet as tested in pre-season for the increased heat in Malaysia, whilst the engine cover also features more cooling along the spine of the engine cover
 Lotus E22 floor detail

 McLaren MP4-29 Front Wing detail
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Malaysian GP - Technical Image Gallery - Thursday

A selection of the best technical images from Thursday's preparations in Malaysia courtesy of Sutton Images

Lotus E22 Front brake and duct assembly
Sauber C33 Front brake and duct assembly
Toro Rosso STR9 Front brake and duct assembly
Caterham CT05 Front brake and duct assembly
Red Bull RB10 Front brake and duct assembly
Williams FW36 Front brake and duct assembly
Ferrari F14T Front brake and duct assembly
Marussia MR03 Front brake and duct assembly
McLaren MP4-28 Front brake and duct assembly
Mercedes WO5 Front brake and duct assembly
Red Bull RB10 Rear brake and duct assembly
 Williams FW36 Rear brake and duct assembly
 Williams FW36 Front wings, note the lower wing has a shallower top flap with an upstand to the outer section
 Toro Rosso STR9 - Old nose and front wing configuration top, new nose and front wing bottom
Sauber C33 - New front wing at the top features a new shallower top flap whilst the outer section stands proud of the flap
 Mercedes WO5 Rear wing, note the oil cooler that sits astride the gearbox and resides within the engine covers central cooling funnel
Mercedes WO5 Front wing, note the vortex generators on the second tier of the mainplane sit ahead of the strakes behind the wing.  These disturb the airflow increasing the strakes efficiency
Marussia MR03 Front wing (7 tiers)
Toro Rosso STR9 - Rear wing central mounting pylon as tested in Melbourne
 Mercedes WO5 - Front wing from behind
 Mercedes WO5 Front wing from behind
 Mercedes WO5 - Under chassis detail (Splitter, Turning Vanes and Bat Wing)
 Williams FW36 Front wing from behind
Lotus E22 - Checks made to the rear wings mainplane and top flap
 Mercedes WO5 Front Wing (raced in Melbourne)
Mercedes WO5 New Front Wing (tested in Melbourne but un-raced)
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