Mclaren F1 Underbody Fans
The normal mclaren f1 features no wings to produce downforce although the overall design of the underbody of the mclaren f1 in addition to a rear diffuser exploits ground effect to improve downforce which is increased through the use of two electric kevlar fans to further decrease the pressure under the car.
Mclaren f1 underbody fans. Streamline mode reduces drag by 10 percent by closing the underbody ducts and spinning the fan up to high speed creating what murray calls a virtual long tailyou know the mclaren speedtail. Mclarens supercar had a similar setup with two fans hidden beneath each of the f1s rear haunches. Yes the mclaren f1 really did have two fans designed to increase downforce gordon murray has set the internet ablaze in recent days revealing his latest creation the t50 to the world a 488kw 986kg manual atmo v12 rocketship. Just like on the t50 these fans pulled air from under the car to improve downforce making the.
Few realise that two fans had been employed to pull air from under the car as these far smaller fans were hidden beneath each of the f1s rear haunches.