Are they though? Ill use this photo from Wogx..mantikos wrote: ↑18 Feb 2023, 23:55Great find Andi, and it also shows how far back and low the Merc sidepods were last year. They are certainly further up this year in both axes.Andi76 wrote: ↑18 Feb 2023, 20:52This information is from F1s own website and Marc Hughes :Blackout wrote: ↑18 Feb 2023, 20:40
The comparison is very accurate. The pics were taken by the same photographer in the same place and in a short amount of time. And obviously the camera angle is near perfect and 100 times bette than the pics you re using.
+ with the fuel tank shape Mercedes has, you cannot technically place the cockpit far rearwards, unless you add 50cm to the car's length or width.
https://postimages.org/
I checked this to make sure I wasn't mistaken, although I was sure because it was said so many times. The driver's position and sidepods were further back on the Mercedes than on Ferrari and Red Bull. The engine was moved further back especially for this. As I said - was explained 2022 umpteen times by all experts whether Hughes, Piola and how they are called all. And I believe that they know a little more precisely, after all, they are standing next to the cars.
If anything they look marginally further back. After reading the positioning of the sidepods I actually looked back at the 2022 car thread and checked where the other teams side pods began. All of them except Mercedes start infront of the monoque/steering wheel with the exception of Alpine:
Its the same this year, everyones sidepods start inline with the steering wheel/front of Halo:
Again, Mercedes is the odd one out.
Now I know those are just the pre-testing renders for everyone, but it wont be too far off.
I really do wonder why Mercedes pods start so far back. Almost in line of the drivers face