Mercedes W14

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From Albert Fabrega on Twitter

Sidepods are now even smaller

No the sidepods are noticeably larger everywhere except towards the inlet

[Andi76]

Wow this is really a cool development. I guess we won't have 10 cars looking the same as last year.. merc making big change

The floor is nowhere near as exposed as last year. Almost filling it up now

Zeropods are dead. Long live weird pods

it is still zeropod. Reshaped, but same philosohpy.

Sorry, but that isn't "Zeropod" any more, not at all. Its concept and philosophy thats SIMILAR in that it tries to keep some of its benefits without having the massive disasvantages. But it changed so much that its not at all a Zeropod concept anymore.

[Venturiation]

Wow this is really a cool development. I guess we won't have 10 cars looking the same as last year.. merc making big change

The floor is nowhere near as exposed as last year. Almost filling it up now

Zeropods are dead. Long live weird pods

it is still zeropod. Reshaped, but same philosohpy.

Sorry, but that isn't "Zeropod" any more, not at all. Its concept and philosophy thats SIMILAR in that it tries to keep some of its benefits without having the massive disasvantages. But it changed so much that its not at all a Zeropod concept anymore.

It is zeropods

[PinkFloydPulse]

These intakes just keep reminding me of the 1990 Ferrari 641 all the time...

Do the pros on the forum think drag is not going to be an issue? I don't know so that's why I am asking...

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[Andi76]

it is still zeropod. Reshaped, but same philosohpy.

Sorry, but that isn't "Zeropod" any more, not at all. Its concept and philosophy thats SIMILAR in that it tries to keep some of its benefits without having the massive disasvantages. But it changed so much that its not at all a Zeropod concept anymore.

It is zeropods

Absolutely not. Sidepods are clearly visible from the front, top and the sides. From the top you can even clearly see their shape from front to rear. Thats not Zeropods.

[SSScoffee]

[Venturiation]

Sorry, but that isn't "Zeropod" any more, not at all. Its concept and philosophy thats SIMILAR in that it tries to keep some of its benefits without having the massive disasvantages. But it changed so much that its not at all a Zeropod concept anymore.

It is zeropods

Absolutely not. Sidepods are clearly visible from the front, top and the sides. From the top you can even clearly see their shape from front to rear. Thats not Zeropods.

You can compare it to other cars it's still zeropods , just a different design
Zeropods

[Emag]

These intakes just keep reminding me of the 1990 Ferrari 641 all the time...

Do the pros on the forum think drag is not going to be an issue? I don't know so that's why I am asking...

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It's difficult to compare with the Ferrari 641 because there's so much more floor real estate now. And also you can see how far out the tires are in the Ferrari. In the current formula, the tires are a critical "aero device" as they interfere with the airflow pattern of the bodywork much more drastically than in 1990.

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It is zeropods

Absolutely not. Sidepods are clearly visible from the front, top and the sides. From the top you can even clearly see their shape from front to rear. Thats not Zeropods.

You can compare it to other cars it's still zeropods , just a different design
Zeropods

what the w13 had will and always be the zeropods idea

They've ditched zeropods but developed the good ideas behind it to this new approach with an elongated but low sidepod and cannon exits.

[mzivtins]

Nice design on the sidepods, reminds me of the Saab Gripen

[andrewf1]

It is zeropods

Absolutely not. Sidepods are clearly visible from the front, top and the sides. From the top you can even clearly see their shape from front to rear. Thats not Zeropods.

You can compare it to other cars it's still zeropods , just a different design
Zeropods

How about vertical pods. Vertipods.
Zeropods is just playing with semantics for the sake of it, there's obviously nothing "zero" about them, they're quite present.

[mzivtins]

These intakes just keep reminding me of the 1990 Ferrari 641 all the time...

Do the pros on the forum think drag is not going to be an issue? I don't know so that's why I am asking...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... MOMA_2.jpg

Such a beautiful car

[Cs98]

Absolutely not. Sidepods are clearly visible from the front, top and the sides. From the top you can even clearly see their shape from front to rear. Thats not Zeropods.

You can compare it to other cars it's still zeropods , just a different design
Zeropods

what the w13 had will and always be the zeropods idea

They've ditched zeropods but developed the good ideas behind it to this new approach with an elongated but low sidepod and cannon exits.

Let's just call it the halfpod and be done with this argument.

Clearly they have slightly more volume overall than last season, but still way less than the other teams.

[Venturiation]

Can't wait to see it on track, this ZEROPODS evolution is beautiful