Mercedes W13 Speculation Thread

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It looks like it has an absolutely enormous ‘cannon’ exit at the conclusion of the engine cover. Can’t wait to see it

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JPBD1990 wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 10:45
It looks like it has an absolutely enormous ‘cannon’ exit at the conclusion of the engine cover. Can’t wait to see it
very intriguing to say the least. Looks like a military weapon under there :lol:

I wasn't sure if this was going to be a real car or show car release but that teaser seems to have answered the question.
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10 minutes into launch and it din't leak yet :lol: =D>

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The area above the engine plenum looks to be quite low. The Engine cover is sloping down rapidly it seems

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olahOPO23 wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 10:50
10 minutes into launch and it din't leak yet :lol: =D>
ok thats aged like milk...

https://imgur.com/RVdAy6u

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I'd be surprised if they used the real car for that "sheet". Seems more like a render to me, but can't really tell.

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olahOPO23 wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 10:50
10 minutes into launch and it din't leak yet :lol: =D>

WHAT A BEAUTY.

Image

Image

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bad job with the livery.

Is that matte Mercedes?

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Car looks pretty vanilla from that shot

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AeroDynamic wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 10:52
olahOPO23 wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 10:50
10 minutes into launch and it din't leak yet :lol: =D>

WHAT A BEAUTY.

https://i.imgur.com/dbGcv7q.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FL3edq2XMAA ... name=large
Looks like a render and not a real car, I hope they're pulling a HAAS and only showing a render of an early stage, as this looks super plain

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F1NAC wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 10:54
bad job with the livery.

Is that matte Mercedes?

Silver Arrow again :-)

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F1NAC wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 10:54
bad job with the livery.

Is that matte Mercedes?
I preferred the black livery. This one always looked bland.

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Tough to say to which car this is most similar to

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MtthsMlw wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 10:57
Tough to say to which car this is most similar to
That looks a lot like McLaren.

Edit: But the sidepods, at least from this side shot, don't look as wide. Anyway, it seems Aston Martin are the only one who went the undercut route from Merc teams.
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MtthsMlw wrote:
18 Feb 2022, 10:57
Tough to say to which car this is most similar to
Rear of the car to me looks like McLaren with the tightly packaged end and a cannon cooling exhaust. Also no louvres like McLaren.

But the sidepods are slightly more undercut, more similar to Williams. However Williams is wider. So some kind of a mix of Williams and McLaren which would make sense due to the fact they all share engines.