McLaren-Honda’s development car broke cover on Friday during a filming day at the Silverstone circuit just 90 minutes from their Woking factory.
The MP4-29H, whilst it looks similar to the current challenger, is very different underneath the bodywork and is designed to maximise the information the team can gather on the new Honda hybrid-V6 power unit.
McLaren and Honda hope by running it early, they will be able to iron out any problems they may face ahead of pre-season testing next year, allowing them to focus on aerodynamic development.
Honda tweeted two photos of the car during the filming day on Friday, but gave no information as to what mileage it completed and whether they encountered any issues.
During filming days, teams are restricted to just 100 kilometres of running and they must use Pirelli’s ‘show tyre’. However this will likely be enough to give the team invaluable data ahead of 2015.
