Recently, it was discovered the Woking-based team evaluated the new nosecone at the Mugello tests and it looks the MP4-27 will display the innovation beginning with this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, latest reports indicate. Compared to the old solution used up to Bahrain, the new one brings some benefits in terms of speed of grip, which means faster track times without affecting the architecture of the third section of the car, which FIA has developed a set of strict rules for, as we all know.
Martin Whitmarsh, team principal at McLaren, is also supporting the idea, given his latest statement: “There’s a reasonable chance we’ll see it on Sunday, which will be the first time our drivers experience it. You are managing the airflow enjoyed by the rest of the car. There are a lot of restrictions around the back end of the car, so you generate more improvement by managing the flow that arrives there than by developing the rear itself.”
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