McLaren goes bi-wing in search for grip and downforce

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For all the talk about aerodynamics as we prepare for 2017, this was McLaren's approach for increasing downforce and grip on James Hunt's McLaren M26 at the 1978 Spanish Grand Prix. The ploy was an attempt to play catch-up with Lotus' dominate ground-effect 79. Needles to say, it didn't work.