Mercedes AMG have today completed their shakedown of the W03, the team's new 2012 car. After the team decided to run at last week's Jerez test with the older car, Mercedes will present its new car to the public next Tuesday at the start of testing at Barcelona.
you're not far off with that theory.. i mean it showed Flashes of speed here and there last season..Peetbeat wrote:maybe w02 was the best car? but nico and michael were not able to push the car hard to the limit
haha just joking
serious now, what about the car in the corner? does it looks like new suspension or not?
He also implied that the tires are now more suited to him: “They have changed quite a bit – they are lot more consistent, and a lot more close to let’s say a real F1 tire, what you would expect, what you’d wish to have. It’s certainly for a race driver much better.”
That's by far the best news I have heard [-o< hope it's true and we can see the old SchumyMercAMGF1Fans wrote:the thing to note is that Schumi said yesterday about the 2012 tyres, they feel like "proper" f1 tyres.. more consistent, therefore more confidence to attack the track, regularly.
He also implied that the tires are now more suited to him: “They have changed quite a bit – they are lot more consistent, and a lot more close to let’s say a real F1 tire, what you would expect, what you’d wish to have. It’s certainly for a race driver much better.”
MercAMGF1Fans wrote:the thing to note is that Schumi said yesterday about the 2012 tyres, they feel like "proper" f1 tyres.. more consistent, therefore more confidence to attack the track, regularly.
He also implied that the tires are now more suited to him: “They have changed quite a bit – they are lot more consistent, and a lot more close to let’s say a real F1 tire, what you would expect, what you’d wish to have. It’s certainly for a race driver much better.”
Are you trying to confuse yourself, or you just arrived from an extended trip to the North Pole? Merc's EBD was the least effective on the grid.Mr.S wrote:The car was pretty much a DOG. Absolute disgrace considering it was occasionally beaten by Force India,Toro Rosso & Sauber on pure pace.
You see how much EBD does for you. Mercedes gained massively from EBD whatever they say. Regardless of their SWB Mercedes' hot blowing was superior to Ferrari's & far superior to Renault's cold blowing.
With so much downforce the whole balance of the car changes.Webber said he could do a high 1-16's which is like ALMOST 1 full second quicker than what Nico did. I think Seb could have maybe down a low 1-16 or a high 1-15.
Lets not forget there is no SET-up compromise here. In a race you have to have compromise between qualy & race set-ups. Here they can bang in anytime they want
Schulteiss wrote:Are you trying to confuse yourself, or you just arrived from an extended trip to the North Pole? Merc's EBD was the least effective on the grid.Mr.S wrote:The car was pretty much a DOG. Absolute disgrace considering it was occasionally beaten by Force India,Toro Rosso & Sauber on pure pace.
You see how much EBD does for you. Mercedes gained massively from EBD whatever they say. Regardless of their SWB Mercedes' hot blowing was superior to Ferrari's & far superior to Renault's cold blowing.
With so much downforce the whole balance of the car changes.Webber said he could do a high 1-16's which is like ALMOST 1 full second quicker than what Nico did. I think Seb could have maybe down a low 1-16 or a high 1-15.
Lets not forget there is no SET-up compromise here. In a race you have to have compromise between qualy & race set-ups. Here they can bang in anytime they want
Can you explain why this an f-duct front wing? They ran a wing like this in races last year...Crucial_Xtreme wrote:F-duct FW
via @amsonline
pascaljackson wrote:splitter in nosecone hole
Does anybody have any pictures of the underside of the wing? I can't imagine any kind of 'switch' built in to the nose would be legal, surely this thing would have to be passive?Ferraripilot wrote:pascaljackson wrote:splitter in nosecone hole
The splitter in the nosecone leads to air passages in the pylons which exit somewhere at the bottom of the wing. The idea is once the nose intake reaches a certain pressure that perhaps a switch in the pylon is activated which allows the air to exit the bottom of the wing thus 'stalling' the wing of its aerodynamic properties at that section of the wing seriously reducing drag thus aiding top speed.
