McLaren showed progress with the car by qualifying 12th and 13th. The MP4-31 is the final McLaren to use the 'MP4' prefix following CEO Ron Dennis's departure from the team, and also final McLaren car to use ExxonMobil fuel and lubricant since the transfer of ExxonMobil sponsorship to Red Bull Racing in 2017.Īfter a generally much better pre-season in terms of reliability than the year before, the team headed to the 2016 Australian Grand Prix with progress made to the Honda power unit. The car used the Honda RA616H power unit, the second engine developed by Honda since their return to the sport with McLaren in 2015. The car was driven by 20 World Drivers' Champion Fernando Alonso and 2009 World Champion Jenson Button, and reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who replaced Alonso at the Bahrain Grand Prix following the Spaniard's accident at the Australian Grand Prix which deemed him unfit for the next event. The McLaren MP4-31 is a Formula One racing car designed by McLaren to compete in the 2016 Formula One season. Pirelli P Zero dry slick and Pirelli Cinturato treaded intermediate and wet tyresĪP Racing electro-hydraulically operated, carbon multi-plate McLaren Applied Technologies 8-speed + 1 reverse sequential seamless semi-automatic paddle shift with epicyclic differential and multi-plate limited slip clutchħ02 kg (1,548 lb) including driver but excluding fuelĮsso Synergy and Mobil High Performance Unleaded (5.75% bio fuel)Īkebono brake-by-wire carbon discs with steel calipers Kinetic and thermal energy recovery systems

Honda RA616H 1.6 L (98 cu in) direct injection (jointly developed and supplied by Honda and Hitachi) V6 turbocharged engine, limited to 15,000 rpm in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive layout Guillaume Cattelani (Head of Aerodynamics)Ĭarbon-fibre wishbone, pushrod suspension elements with inboard torsion bars and damper system ( KONI dampers, springs and shock absorbers)Ĭarbon-fibre wishbone, pullrod suspension elements with inboard torsion bars and damper system ( KONI dampers, springs and shock absorbers)ģ,520 mm (139 in) with -/+25 mm (0.9843 in) adjustable by adjusting the toe depending on circuit layout The McLaren MP4-31, driven by Fernando Alonso, during the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

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