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I really can't wrap my head around the decision to make special parts (again) for the wishbones but also cut the cost by supplying four tires with the same width - the Merc, RB and Ferrari all look like they skipped leg day. But credit where credit is due, they really made an effort to catch all the small details of each car. If you look closely, the RB has pull rod suspension in the front and push rods in the back, like the real thing, the Ferrari vice-versa.

With the way the ball joints are usually mounted, this will mostly cause the hub to pop out once you really hit a bump. That is the reason why Lego couples the upper and lower wishbone on their suspension when the springs are mounted on the lower wishbone (mostly using some kind of liftarms)

It's amazing how people complain about the looks of a technic set for 10 pages when the actual technic part of it is the issue. Don't get me wrong, I like that new wishbone piece, it's just kinda useless without the proper steering links.

In this specific case, it won't be too much of an issue. My gripe with those new parts is that they will eventually land in some kind of moc, and the set basically teaches you the wrong way to design suspension setups. In other words...

The steering links are shorter than the suspension wishbones.. which means the wheels will turn in/out during suspension travel. The last time they made that mistake was 8880 I believe. What a joke for 450€

You are right, I misunderstood you in the previous comment. It looks like they offset it just for ease of assembly, as it would be more difficult to have the horizontal pivot axis intersect the vertical pivot axis.

Not really something new, that is a way to achieve Ackermann steering geometry, even present in your real car. It's often easy to implement in MOC's too, but for some reason Lego fears advanced suspension/steering setups.

Yeah, and Lego released the W14 - so what is your point here?

Rear axle is pullrod instead of pushrod this time

I can only second that. My P1S is a reliable tool to use, not another project in itself.

Often done to adjust the stiffness as the bar itself is rather short. Sometimes it's also just a case of avoiding any other components of the cars' environment.

Yes, the real W14 has pullrods in the rear, so does the LEGO model. The only disappointing thing is that LEGO still uses rocker arms acting on traditional springs instead of something like the x928cx1 piece to mimic the torsion bars like the real thing has. Also, with this amount of space an anti roll bar and a heave spring aren't too much to ask for. The W14 model does a lot better than the McLaren, but compared to the CaDa Alfa Romeo it still feels a lot cheaper.

I don't think so, from this picture you can see the chassis side rockers tilted to an angle. This hints to some springs acting on them inside the chassis:

To be honest, the whole car, especially the rear wing look a bit too much like a MOC. Also, it seems the launch version of the W14 was the prototype: Also really shows how the rear wheels are way too small on the Lego version.

So, from the image it looks like the W14 (sidepods). The good: Finally slick tires Accuracy: Sidepods, wings and suspension (pushrods in the front, pullrods in the back) seem like the prototype HOG The Bad: Front and rear tires seem to have same width Wings above front wheels still solid mounted / don't move with the front hubs I would say it's an improvement from the bodge job McLaren (that was a 2022 car with 2021 livery which never existed). Yet the CaDa Alfa Romeo Sauber has the wider rear tires and used more system bricks. Will be interesting how Lego implements the wheelcovers.