Was it for benchmarking or for secrecy?
Barcelona/monaco rear wing with the same wing tips as the other wings?SmallSoldier wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 13:54Mercedes new rear wing:
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Barcelona main plane… Monaco didn’t had the inverted spoon shape in the middle, right?organic wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 14:08Barcelona/monaco rear wing with the same wing tips as the other wings?SmallSoldier wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 13:54Mercedes new rear wing:
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SmallSoldier wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 14:18Barcelona main plane… Monaco didn’t had the inverted spoon shape in the middle, right?organic wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 14:08Barcelona/monaco rear wing with the same wing tips as the other wings?SmallSoldier wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 13:54Mercedes new rear wing:
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Thanks! I stand corrected… Got confusedorganic wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 14:21https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2JA4AWC/lewis ... JA4AWC.jpgSmallSoldier wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 14:18Barcelona main plane… Monaco didn’t had the inverted spoon shape in the middle, right?
What is a Goblin wing?PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 01:57No Goblin wing then.. I really wonder if that rumour is true anyway.
In Spa Mercedes was said to have to run their cars 5mm higher. But at Spa this is completely normal. Because of the compression in Eau Rouge all the teams run their cars (almost)as high as possible. And the performance at Spa was not worse than on other tracks. The gap to Ferrari and all the other teams was literally the same as always.Mr5in1 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 15:10I've been hearing Merc running very low here in Netherlands, does anyone have any comparisons to Spa.
I have my own opinion that the lack of pure performance from Merc is a combination of floor + floor height and the weight of the car.
I thought the gulf in performance to Red Bull in Spa was purely down to ride height and qualifying I firmly believe it is down to weight which isn't so much of a factor with race fuel onboard.
Drag because they have to use more wing because they have to raise the ride height because because.Andi76 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 16:01In Spa Mercedes was said to have to run their cars 5mm higher. But at Spa this is completely normal. Because of the compression in Eau Rouge all the teams run their cars (almost)as high as possible. And the performance at Spa was not worse than on other tracks. The gap to Ferrari and all the other teams was literally the same as always.Mr5in1 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 15:10I've been hearing Merc running very low here in Netherlands, does anyone have any comparisons to Spa.
I have my own opinion that the lack of pure performance from Merc is a combination of floor + floor height and the weight of the car.
I thought the gulf in performance to Red Bull in Spa was purely down to ride height and qualifying I firmly believe it is down to weight which isn't so much of a factor with race fuel onboard.
One of the problems for the lack of performance was(once again) told by Toto and several engineers at Spa - the car is too "draggy". I think "carries too much drag"- was how Toto and the engineers had put it. So one of Mercedes problems is certainly aero-efficiency. And in history of F1 cars with similar performance problems like the Mercedes often had problems with the aerodynamics of their cars. So next to getting the tyres work in qualifying and the car being to draggy, i think Mercedes has some kind of aero-problem. But thats speculation and guessing anyway, as they admit that they themselves do not know the problem. If we would - we would get a job at the Mercedes F1-Team instantly.