Mercedes W13

[Apexseal157]

the front wing flaps on the merc seem to flex a lot more than its competitors, cant get pics now but it looks like pretty significant deflection

[Apexseal157]

video of front wing flex with the new wing update in miami

[hollus]

Once more. Please, posts like
"will they qualify in the top 4"
"now they can keep up with RB"
"Wins should be possible now"
"They'll outqualify Ferrari"
or even
"no longer sucks".

Do not belong in the car threads. Please make an effort to keep the car threads clean. Only posts about things physically in the car, in the right car, in the car threads. Thanks you. essentially: car threads should be hardware centered and race result agnostic. Car threads should not even know that there is this race thing going on every two weeks.

All other posts are OK, but kindly post them in the race thread, team thread, comparison thread, etc.

Help keep the car threads informative, information dense and focused. Likely hat is what brought you to this site in the first place...

[siskue2005]

video of front wing flex with the new wing update in miami

All front wings flex ever since the first GP

[Spacepace]

Looks like there may possibly be stays bonded in the floor. You can see in the the third image the third carbon fiber slit is angled and in the fourth image a mechanic placed a helmet on top of it

https://imgur.com/gallery/YQcAbxQ

See my previous post

there are interesting floor changes in that merc... are they running hidden stays like redbull?
[url]https://serving.photos.photobox.co ... 422d2a.jpg [/url]
The floor top cover has become taller, and i think there are hidden stays like this
[url]https://serving.photos.photobox.co ... 5d392e.jpg [/url]

Yeah that's what made me take notice. I just happened to catch that on Ted's pit practice video

[Spacepace]

Looks like there may possibly be stays bonded in the floor. You can see in the the third image the third carbon fiber slit is angled and in the fourth image a mechanic placed a helmet on top of it

https://imgur.com/gallery/YQcAbxQ

No, that's just where they mounted the sensors on the floor - go back to the launch spec car and look in that area.

That seems plausible as well. But a mechanic did purposely put a helmet on the bent slit after he noticed the camera

[PlatinumZealot]

What in the world is that white cover on the fuel tank?

Is it because they have the radiators indented in the chassis that they have to prevent the hot air from heating the fuel and that is some sort of high temp foam insulation?

[mantikos]

Looks like there may possibly be stays bonded in the floor. You can see in the the third image the third carbon fiber slit is angled and in the fourth image a mechanic placed a helmet on top of it

https://imgur.com/gallery/YQcAbxQ

No, that's just where they mounted the sensors on the floor - go back to the launch spec car and look in that area.

That seems plausible as well. But a mechanic did purposely put a helmet on the bent slit after he noticed the camera

And in previous years the used to consistently put a tool tray there when the floor was flat. I kmow we want to imagine things, but there's no reason to hide a stay anyway even if it was there, except, it's not.

[mantikos]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTOKWM2WQAQ ... name=large

What in the world is that white cover on the fuel tank?

Is it because they have the radiators indented in the chassis that they have to prevent the hot air from heating the fuel and that is some sort of high temp foam insulation?

Plausible explanation - also probably doesn't hurt internal airflow drag to have a smooth shape there.

[AA_2019]

Looks like there may possibly be stays bonded in the floor. You can see in the the third image the third carbon fiber slit is angled and in the fourth image a mechanic placed a helmet on top of it

https://imgur.com/gallery/YQcAbxQ

See my previous post

there are interesting floor changes in that merc... are they running hidden stays like redbull?
[url]https://serving.photos.photobox.co ... 422d2a.jpg [/url]
The floor top cover has become taller, and i think there are hidden stays like this
[url]https://serving.photos.photobox.co ... 5d392e.jpg [/url]

Yeah that's what made me take notice. I just happened to catch that on Ted's pit practice video

For sure they have stiffened the floor with hidden stays as RB

If only they had copied what works earlier.

According to Ted Kravitz, Mercedes has solved their bouncing problems by stiffening the floor. Looks like they were looking too deep and the solution was right under their nose - successfully applied to other teams before.

[Henri]

The zero sidepod is slower than the sidepod spec from testing qualifying proved it.. they need to switch back

[F1Krof]

The zero sidepod is slower than the sidepod spec from testing qualifying proved it.. they need to switch back

Different track conditions. I wouldn't count on testing times.

[cheeRS]

The zero sidepod is slower than the sidepod spec from testing qualifying proved it.. they need to switch back

Different track conditions. I wouldn't count on testing times.

Also, which tires were they on during their fastest testing times vs Q3?

[organic]

The zero sidepod is slower than the sidepod spec from testing qualifying proved it.. they need to switch back

Different track conditions. I wouldn't count on testing times.

Also, which tires were they on during their fastest testing times vs Q3?

C5 in testing Vs C3 in Q3 today

[silver]

Different track conditions. I wouldn't count on testing times.

Also, which tires were they on during their fastest testing times vs Q3?

C5 in testing Vs C3 in Q3 today

C5 would be gone before sector 1 is over on this track. C3 in these conditions on this track is better performing tyre than C5. I am not sure if they ran empty tank in winter testing like they did here in quali. You can say C5 in winter conditions is on par with C3 in the current conditions on this track.