Mercedes W14

[fourmula1]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw-tQs-aIAI ... name=large

Is there an inlet under the sidepod intake kind of like Ferrari or just shapes and light playing tricks?

Edit: just a subtle illusion. Picture of other side of the car it all looks flat.

[pursue_one's]

Floor fences

[matteosc]

What is this vertical slit in the middle of the sidepod?
https://twitter.com/F1PitlaneReport/sta ... 25/photo/4

My guess feeds ducts that exit over the top of the sidepods for more energetic flow and to avoid boundary layer attachment issues (much like Ferrari) but who knows - it's just a guess

I think it is not assemble yet. I do not recall any opening other that the louvres allowed in that area. Ferrari's solution uses cockpit areas to create those slits, but they are in a completely different location.

[mantikos]

What is this vertical slit in the middle of the sidepod?
https://twitter.com/F1PitlaneReport/sta ... 25/photo/4

My guess feeds ducts that exit over the top of the sidepods for more energetic flow and to avoid boundary layer attachment issues (much like Ferrari) but who knows - it's just a guess

I think it is not assemble yet. I do not recall any opening other that the louvres allowed in that area. Ferrari's solution uses cockpit areas to create those slits, but they are in a completely different location.

That is fair

[GrrG]

[organic]

Close-ups from Fabrega

Seems theyve managed a large outwashing strake attached to the floor body underneath the mid-wing



Side-on from Andreas Haupt

[AR3-GP]

I thought bargeboards were banned...

[Venturiation]

the car is even slimmer now

[Saykas]

Christian Menath
@MSM_Christian

[ab_f1]

Looks like Merc now has a gutter at the top and tub at sides. Checked pictures of some other cars but other seem to have flatter top next to airbox.

[Venturiation]

looking a bit similar to the W06

[AR3-GP]

Hybrid of RB and AMR to me as both have the sidepod that downwashes to the floor.

[Venturiation]

by looking at the old version there was always the part where to plug the new arm
this upgrade was planned before even testing

[organic]

by looking at the old version there was always the part where to plug the new arm
this upgrade was planned before even testing

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw_H6iIWcAI ... name=large

Building in modularity to a particular area that you have identified you may want to change doesn't mean it was always planned from before the beginning of the season. Let's not jump to conclusions that cannot be drawn

[organic]

Rear floor support on the Merc is exactly the same style as the RB18/rb19.

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