Formula One McLaren MP4-30 from Fernando Alonso museum, “McLaren Honda” team. Made in Japan and UK in 2015. Honda RA615H V6 Turbo engine. Weight: 720 kg. 19 races: 0 victories.
The McLaren MP4-30 was a Formula One racing car designed by Tim Goss and Neil Oatley for McLaren to compete in the 2015 Formula One season.
The car was driven by 2005 and 2006 World Drivers’ Champion Fernando Alonso, who returned to McLaren eight years after he last drove for the team and 2009 World Champion Jenson Button.
Kevin Magnussen, who drove for the team in 2014, temporarily stood in for Alonso after a test accident.
Additional testing and development work was carried out by Magnussen, Stoffel Vandoorne and Oliver Turvey. The car was the first built by McLaren since the MP4/7A—which contested the 1992 season—to be powered by a Honda engine, known as the RA615H, after McLaren ended their twenty-year partnership with Mercedes at the end of the 2014 season.
The car was nicknamed the “size zero Formula One car” by the team for its distinct sharply tapered rear end, which was achieved by designing the Honda engine to operate at higher temperatures than other engines.
At the end of the season, the car recorded a best finish of fifth place at the Hungarian Grand Prix, and had scored just twenty-seven points, leaving McLaren ninth in the World Constructors’ Championship.
Chassis: Carbon-fibre composite survival cell
Suspension (front): Pushrod system with inboard torsion bars and dampers
Suspension (rear): Pullrod system with inboard torsion bars and dampers
Length: 5,100 mm (201 in) for conventional nose; 5,070 mm (199.6 in) for stepped nose
Width: 1,800 mm (71 in)
Height: 950 mm (37 in)
Wheelbase: 3,520 mm (139 in) with -/+25 mm (0.9843 in) adjustable by adjusting the toe depending on circuit layout
Engine: Honda RA615H 1.6 L (98 cu in) direct injection V6 turbocharged engine, limited to 15,000 rpm in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive layout
Electric motor: Kinetic and thermal energy recovery systems
Transmission: McLaren Applied Technologies 8-speed + 1 reverse sequential seamless semi-automatic paddle shift with epicyclic differential and multi-plate limited slip clutch
Battery: Honda lithium-ion batteries
Weight: 702 kg (1,548 lb) (with driver)
Fuel: Esso and Mobil High Performance Unleaded (5.75% bio fuel)
Lubricants: Mobil 1
Brakes: Akebono brake-by-wire carbon discs with steel calipers
Tyres: Pirelli P Zero dry slick and Pirelli Cinturato treaded intermediate and wet tyres
Enkei 13″ magnesium racing wheels
