Mercedes W14

[Henk_v]

https://i.imgur.com/GTl49UQ.jpeg

This image shows how rounded the nose is, similar to the Williams honestly

Means they prioritized outwash over downforce..

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W13 is pretty much the same in that respect





W13 for comparison. also has the inner two floor fences converging & close together as well as above the floor leading edge

[ringo]

May have to do with the radiator inlet flow.

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Rear view from the roll hoop. Some extra hidden louvres

[Venturiation]

https://i.imgur.com/Ra6WM5B.jpeg

Rear view from the roll hoop. There are some louvres in there right?

What are those 2 holes in the bathtub

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https://i.imgur.com/Ra6WM5B.jpeg

Rear view from the roll hoop. There are some louvres in there right?

What are those 2 holes in the bathtub

Louvres? It's within the legality box for cooling apertures I believe

[Venturiation]

https://i.imgur.com/Ra6WM5B.jpeg

Rear view from the roll hoop. There are some louvres in there right?

What are those 2 holes in the bathtub

Louvres? It's within the legality box for cooling apertures I believe

Yes the louvres, is it an illusion or the two « slides » are closed at the end

[JPower]

The high mounted cooling and low sidepods give it an odd looking shape for an F1 car. Interesting how it and the Aston have the cooling louvers placed on the very top of the car.

[Spoutnik]

She's beautiful

[Goblin42]

She's beautiful

Small fin behind the driver's head to help with managing cockpit losses

[Venturiation]

more details here by Fulvio vigilante

[De Jokke]

W14 analysis by a former merc f1 aerodynamisist:

[Vanja #66]

W13 had the sidepod radiators placed quite forward, leaving them a very small amount of room for a complete sidepod redesign - on top of bouncing and correlation issues. Bottom SIS was also sticking out a lot.

W14 has its radiators placed quite more to the rear and seems to leave a lot of room to implement either RB or Ferrari or a completely different style of sidepods without the need for massive change to internals. Bottom SIS looks to be in the floor now.

I don't expect any issues with bouncing like last year, so maybe after they have their true pace reference a few races in, they might want to have the room to change their approach and have placed those radiators accordingly.

As things stand right now, even Ferrari could make a switch to RB sides and vice versa, Williams seems to have placed the radiators in the most extreme position...

[wogx]

It's still not an ideal overlap, but...





I saw a tweet that the cockpit was moved by 20 cm. From these photos - I don't believe it IF the wheelbase is the same (some users stated so)

[Vanja #66]

Cockpit moved rearward a bit. Perspective distortion is heavy on tyres, but that much is clear. Front wing endplates are still aligned completely so cockpit was definitely moved back.