Mercedes AMG F1 W03 (pre-launch speculation)

[Schulteiss]

This in fact looks quite promisingIMHO . Longer wheelbase, that was kind of obviuos since yesterday, exhaust outlets seem to be positioned similar to Sauber, Nose step sculpting is unclear from these pictures. Side pod intakes seem to be very very interesting there are details there not visible to us yet. The whole car seems to be designed towards a quite low CoG. Tuesday should clear up a lot of details. As expected it is a very fine evolution of the W02's concept. This should be a solid step forward to last year in terms of performance. Seems to have a good amount of rake too. Will be excited to see it run.

[Gerhardsa]

Only time will tell however now we have a debate going here! below the suspension arm or above the P for Petronas logo

i added somehting below the pic to ponder or debate.... check it out

[Raptor22]

that exhaust outlet will be problematic to make work

could you explain?

for oen the exhaust outlet will be on top of the airbox.
2ndly it will be difficult to insulate since the gearbox cooling duct is right on top of it.

[Gerhardsa]

maybe the exhaust is further back so they can "blow" a bigger area of the floor and diffuser because of the gas-spread/expansion?

[Owen.C93]

maybe the exhaust is further back so they can "blow" a bigger area of the floor and diffuser because of the gas-spread/expansion?

And lose a ton of energy.

[TimmTurbo]

Blowing hot gas onto the suspension arm/blade thus giving downforce? also remember that Mercedes engines have a cold blowing feature due to engine design (run off feature), thus it could be a double bonus for them.

Does anybody know at which speed the Exhaus gasses escape from the very end of the pipe ? For example at max rev.

[dren]

this is a blow up of the higher res pic.
I still think the exhaust is above the P from the sponsor logo


mind you..it can still have the same funtion as putting it right by the suspension if they implement the type of solution that Mclaren and Ferrari are doing with those cut outs/slots, dragging the gasses down and under the suspension arm onto the floor and over the diffuser. im just wondering...if it is so far up the sidepods, wont they lose more "energy" from the gasses, as to when the exhaust outlet being right by the suspension arm?
just thinking out loud here

Yeah, it is further up on the sidepods, above the P in Petronas. I think it was Brawn who stated they had several exhaust configurations to try out in testing. This is the configuration I expected, something similar to Sauber.

[VarioR]

Can't they have 2 exhaust exits?

Over the "P" is an exhaust exit for sure because the engine cover is a little bit burn (yellow) after the exit but it realy looks like there is a second exit near the suspension.

Could it be the exit of an F-duct??

Too many questions..

[retpog55]

Similar to this or not?

[Gerhardsa]

Can't they have 2 exhaust exits?

Over the "P" is an exhaust exit for sure because the engine cover is a little bit burn (yellow) after the exit but it realy looks like there is a second exit near the suspension.

Could it be the exit of an F-duct??

Too many questions..

An F duct at the rear suspension? hmm.. i dont think so mate.
That looks like a shadow below the suspension arm, and one can clearly see opening in the bodywork (above suspension) to allow the arm to enter into the cars chassis.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTr-G6F1XTc[/youtube]

[Gerhardsa]

Similar to this or not?

Hard to tell, but maybe along the same lines(and by that i mean same concept), but it does not seem to be that extreme on the merc. again... its very hard to tell from the pics

[Mandrake]

Hahahahahaha 1:30 Video without showing anything of that car Awesome job ^^

After seeing that onboard video now I suspect we might even see more crashes due to drivers not seeing where the car ends

[ovidiulucaci]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTr-G6F1XTc[/youtube]

Now we know how the mirrors are(different from what we saw in the last two years) and we have an idea about how the nose will look like.

[FW17]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTr-G6F1XTc[/youtube]

Sounds horrible