That’s a quality post, amazing.mika vs michael wrote: ↑09 Mar 2022, 23:15Well if Mercedes bring a car without sidepods then it won't really matter what Ferrari or others bring to Bahrain. Let's wait and see.
That’s a quality post, amazing.mika vs michael wrote: ↑09 Mar 2022, 23:15Well if Mercedes bring a car without sidepods then it won't really matter what Ferrari or others bring to Bahrain. Let's wait and see.
I hardly doubt this will happen...mika vs michael wrote: ↑09 Mar 2022, 23:15Well if Mercedes bring a car without sidepods then it won't really matter what Ferrari or others bring to Bahrain. Let's wait and see.
I don’t think “no sidepods” is the killer app you think it is.mika vs michael wrote: ↑09 Mar 2022, 23:15Well if Mercedes bring a car without sidepods then it won't really matter what Ferrari or others bring to Bahrain. Let's wait and see.
It is and it's quite simple really. If Mercedes have managed a game changing reduction of cooler volume, it will result in a significant drag reduction. It will put them in an aerodynamic window that no one else can reach.JPower wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 02:47I don’t think “no sidepods” is the killer app you think it is.mika vs michael wrote: ↑09 Mar 2022, 23:15Well if Mercedes bring a car without sidepods then it won't really matter what Ferrari or others bring to Bahrain. Let's wait and see.
We’ll see. I think there will be more than one way to hit the target with these regs.AR3-GP wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 03:04It is and it's quite simple really. If Mercedes have managed a game changing reduction of cooler volume, it will result in a significant drag reduction. It will put them in an aerodynamic window that no one else can reach.JPower wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 02:47I don’t think “no sidepods” is the killer app you think it is.mika vs michael wrote: ↑09 Mar 2022, 23:15Well if Mercedes bring a car without sidepods then it won't really matter what Ferrari or others bring to Bahrain. Let's wait and see.
It's not a question of aerodynamic concept. It's a question of cooler volume regardless of aero concept. The concern with the Mercedes isn't so much that they have a "small sidepod" because obviously coolers will need to go somewhere else. It's that they have possibly reduced the amount of coolers they need to run due to some innovation in cooling technology.JPower wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 03:09We’ll see. I think there will be more than one way to hit the target with these regs.
Like I said, we’ll see. Only a few hours until we can stop speculating.AR3-GP wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 03:22It's not a question of aerodynamic concept. It's a question of cooler volume regardless of aero concept. The concern with the Mercedes isn't so much that they have a "small sidepod" because obviously coolers will need to go somewhere else. It's that they have possibly reduced the amount of coolers they need to run due to some innovation in cooling technology.
It did happened thoughAR3-GP wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 03:22It's not a question of aerodynamic concept. It's a question of cooler volume regardless of aero concept. The concern with the Mercedes isn't so much that they have a "small sidepod" because obviously coolers will need to go somewhere else. It's that they have possibly reduced the amount of coolers they need to run due to some innovation in cooling technology.
doesn't look like to me, looks like they rotated the sidepod 90 degrees anti-clockwise, the intake area looks very similar to before.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 08:59It did happened thoughAR3-GP wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 03:22It's not a question of aerodynamic concept. It's a question of cooler volume regardless of aero concept. The concern with the Mercedes isn't so much that they have a "small sidepod" because obviously coolers will need to go somewhere else. It's that they have possibly reduced the amount of coolers they need to run due to some innovation in cooling technology.
It will be controversial… There is a lot of sidepod missing compared to everyone else when I look at it… It is the tightest package by a long margin in all of the grid.dialtone wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 09:10doesn't look like to me, looks like they rotated the sidepod 90 degrees anti-clockwise, the intake area looks very similar to before.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 08:59It did happened thoughAR3-GP wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 03:22
It's not a question of aerodynamic concept. It's a question of cooler volume regardless of aero concept. The concern with the Mercedes isn't so much that they have a "small sidepod" because obviously coolers will need to go somewhere else. It's that they have possibly reduced the amount of coolers they need to run due to some innovation in cooling technology.
i agree, not the place to discuss the W13… I just posted a picture noting the difference on the W13 thread.dialtone wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 09:16I disagree, from the pictures that's not how it looks like, I think it's the same tight packaging they had in Barcelona, just a different shape of the intake and there are teams with smaller intakes like Alpha Tauri. I'm not saying it's not an interesting concept, it's not a no-sidepod concept, they moved the undercut above the sidepod and removed that area entirely.
But with that said, I'm not sure we'll resolve much discussing this in the Ferrari thread.