The bold F1 novelties spotted on the McLaren MCL36

Let’s get one of the obvious things out of the way first, seeing as there has already been speculation regarding the design of the car’s front suspension.

As was hinted in the team’s fire-up video, the car features a pull rod layout at the front, which we’ve seen it use as recently as 2013 but abandoned just a year later as we moved into the hybrid era.

Both push and pull rod systems offer trade-offs in terms of where the weight of the suspension components are placed…