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Smaller, safer, smarter: McLaren lifts the lid on bold MCL40
©McLaren Michael Delaney
10/02/2026 at 08:1109/02/2026 at 22:27 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Formula 1’s 2026 regulations have sent designers scrambling to rethink every centimeter of the car, and McLaren chief designer Rob Marshall has been front and center in tackling the challenges for the team’s MCL40. At the team’s Bahrain launch on Monday, Marshall explained how the radical rule changes – smaller, lighter cars, tougher crash tests, and active aerodynamics – have reshaped the way McLaren thinks about design. “The car is so much shorter,” Marshall said. “So, a lot of the packaging for radiators and electrical boxes, which were typically scattered around...
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