1999 Mercedes-Benz CLR

Image courtesy and copyright Frederic Le Floc'h, reproduced from the 1999 ACO Le Mans Annual
Text copyright Michael J. Fuller

The CLR was more than a revised CLK-LM.  Compare the 1999 CLR (left) with the 1998 CLK-LM (below).  The main points of difference are the extended tail, the completely revised nose shape, the revised wheel arch connecting profile, and the lowered cockpit.  The tail has also been lowered, the cockpit narrowed.  Interestingly, the front over hangs seem about equivalent.  The revisions to the cockpit, the lowering and reprofiling, really enhance the visual "remoteness" of the rear wing compared to the CLK-LM, improves the air flow too. 

©Copyright 2002, Michael J. Fuller