Mercedes GP MGP W01

[Darknight]

now:

before:

The plates extending rearward from the front wing struts look bigger. this is what i thought they might have done to shield under the nose and maintain a bigger lower pressure area. Though i was expecting some kind of barge board arrangement like BMW last year.



I think this is why they were able to removed the dive planes/vortex generators.

So they should have a slight front end grip improvement, i think.

(edit: I also put similar sheilds on my 3d model last week and there was an improvement! though they look more like the BMW ones)

Take a look at the before and after pictures. You can see just before the upper front wishbone there is a small snorkle. Could this be Merc's own version of a driver operated valve? Or is this purely for cooling? Merc might not have a full length shark fin but this could also be used to modify flow to the diffuser?

[gluon]

That's exactly what I've asked in the previous post hehe.

I believe it's just for cooling the cockpit. If you notice, the place for the intake is already present in the old car as well but it's closed with a cap.

[ringo]

wing flaps also seem to be cable operated, the motors may be mounted in the nose.



Or could it just be a linkage for support?

[Blackout]

The motor is mounted on the main wing.

[zgred]

To hot in Merc?

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

Zgred


on the shot but further back on the car the Mercedes appears to have a smoothed and then flipped section thats just by the shark fin...any one seen that before???

[zgred]

This You mean?

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

Yes, not the black flap, but the silver section directly under the fin.

That wasnt there before, I think.....

[Raptor22]

wing flaps also seem to be cable operated, the motors may be mounted in the nose.



Or could it just be a linkage for support?

not its the front adjuster. The stepper motor is mounted in the main wing element. They only use one and connect the wing elements with bell cranks and rods inside the wing.

some are dead sure the steppers are mounted in the wing end plates but that may be for very few of the cars.
Most are mounting the mechanism in the main wing.


Seems Michael is still not happy with his car. Too much understeer.Its wrecking his rhythm and timing.
Rosberg very happy with his car. Loves the understeer.

I think Michael is going to have a bit of a miserable weekend with the car. The team have still not fixed the understeer for this GP, hence the long face.

They have some new mechanical bits coming for Australia which should help Schumey get to grips (pardon the pun) with the Merc more.
Have not seen him this unhappy since 2005.

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

New Mechanical bits????

Share???

[segedunum]

Who knows how much fuel the Ferrari and Red Bull had though. Their longer stint times looked quicker, but there is no way those two cars are 1s+ quicker than the Mclaren and Mercedes cars.

You're right.

It looks like you're both wrong.

[PlatinumZealot]

Isn't Schumacer supposed to be the most adaptable driver? What happened? Old age? I think he needs a few more races under his belt to get up to speed. This new Mercedes seems to be a funny car.

[raymondu999]

I think he didn't adapt to aging?

[Ganxxta]

Isn't Schumacer supposed to be the most adaptable driver? What happened? Old age? I think he needs a few more races under his belt to get up to speed. This new Mercedes seems to be a funny car.

Compared to Massa- Alonso, he looks even better:
Alonso -Massa : +0.366
Schumi -Rosberg:+0.283
And he had a 3 years break, Alonso didn't...

[roost89]

Q3 or Q2 times?

Q2 times are the real shoot-out times, as last year. They're balancing conservation of tyres and speed in Q3. like balancing Fuel and speed last year.