Mercedes W13 Speculation Thread

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So we will hear from Cywil Thomas, Mike Elliot, George, Lewis, and the new Mercedes W13 will shakedown in Silverstone the same day. sweet.

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Does Aston Martin use the Mercedes gearbox? If so, does that mean that Merc will retain pull-rod rear suspension this year?

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Launch and shakedown. So not a RBR "BS launch" then... =D>
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timbo wrote:
13 Feb 2022, 22:16
Does Aston Martin use the Mercedes gearbox? If so, does that mean that Merc will retain pull-rod rear suspension this year?
I think teams use the gearbox internals but their own carrier and thus suspension mounts. So AM can do something different to MB. I think.
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https://www.racefans.net/2022/02/11/wha ... h-of-2022/

"Aston Martin has confirmed the rear suspension is from Mercedes to match the gearbox design, so expect to see a similar design on the rear of the W13 car."

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The Silverstone team had never built their own gearbox before, right?
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PlatinumZealot wrote:
14 Feb 2022, 14:16
The Silverstone team had never built their own gearbox before, right?
Wrong, Jordan and Midland/Spyker did, they only stopped when they switched to Mercedes engines/Mclaren gearboxes in 2009.
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Rounded cockpit opening? That looks so weeeeird... External bodywork panels will create that straight frontal edge?

BTW. Top monocoque surface is angled, that bulge for steering wheel axle mounting is puzzling me. Whole concept looks extremal. May we not have another 10 years of domination...

PS. No airbox there?

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wogx wrote:
14 Feb 2022, 20:09
Rounded cockpit opening? That looks weeeeird... External bodywork panels will create that straight frontal edge?

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... nDdcoX.jpg
Perhaps it allows the little windscreen to be used to help condition the flow better around the cockpit? Nicer for the air than a flat one normal to the airflow.
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The headrest is Silver. The new suit has 'Mercedes-AMG' on the back as opposed to just 'AMG' like it was last season. The silver arrows are back and the emphasis on Mercedes branding, with it.

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AeroDynamic wrote:
14 Feb 2022, 20:17
The headrest is Silver. The new suit has 'Mercedes-AMG' on the back as opposed to just 'AMG' like it was last season. The silver arrows are back and the emphasis on Mercedes branding, with it.
That's not a race car tub - it's an engineering tub to allow for seat sittings and the like.
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wogx wrote:
14 Feb 2022, 20:09

BTW. Top monocoque surface is angled, that bulge for steering wheel axle mounting is puzzling me.
Is that not just the forward mount for the halo?
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Just_a_fan wrote:
14 Feb 2022, 20:28
AeroDynamic wrote:
14 Feb 2022, 20:17
The headrest is Silver. The new suit has 'Mercedes-AMG' on the back as opposed to just 'AMG' like it was last season. The silver arrows are back and the emphasis on Mercedes branding, with it.
That's not a race car tub - it's an engineering tub to allow for seat sittings and the like.
I can see its for engineering the new seat fit, but the headrest thing here, is a painted item (glossy even) and I think on balance of probabilities, its a headrest from the new car not an old one, given the new rounded shape of the seat entry.
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Just_a_fan wrote:
14 Feb 2022, 20:29
Is that not just the forward mount for the halo?
Even if it is, then it is far more extremal than 2021, or other 2022 concepts:

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