The secret wind tunnel test that found flaw in McLaren's radical F1 car
A secret Teddington wind tunnel shared with torpedo tests and a particle accelerator gave McLaren its first taste of porpoising four decades before the sport rediscovered it
We’ve been trying to pin Gordon Murray down for almost six months, but we’re glad we hung in there as it was a fascinating hour. An hour which was then followed by another 60 minutes chatting when the microphones were switched off.
We must apologise now for the sound quality. A glitch in the system meant that this one is below par compared to the normal high standard. We’re sorry and we’ll be back to normal next month! To read Gordon Murray’s Motor Sport feature that he refers to please click here.
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