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What Is A Monocoque?

The word monocoque is a French word and means a single cell. Monocoque is derived from the Greek words: “mono” for single and “coque” for cell. In Formula 1, monocoque refers to the “survival cell” ...
This new McLaren Carbon Lightweight Architecture (MCLA) is the first to be built in-house at the McLaren Composites Technology Centre (MCTC) near Sheffield in northern England. The MCTC opened in 2018 ...