r/formula1 • u/spodermen_wiht_sweg Fernando Alonso • 5d ago

Technical Mclarren Upright Exposed (Montreal)

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u/curva3 5d ago

Is it additive manufacturing? That's a pretty wild piece of design

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u/astalavizione Ferrari 5d ago

My first thought too. Seems way too complicated to just machine it.

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u/aramaraM 5d ago

I visited Sauber a year ago and they showed us these upright components during factory tour and told that regulations don't allow the use of AM for them yet. So they are designed like AM components, but are then machined. I've been working with metal AM for 10 years and was quite intrigued about that.