Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+

[Morteza]

[jagunx51]

[GrizzleBoy]

The car is so stiff on the road it looks almost dangerous to drive, particularly on the straights.

Every time they showed Lewis on the main straight with the DRS open, the car car was literally dancing side to side it's so non compliant with the bumps on the track.

Martin Brundle also noted that it seems like the car is so unruly that Lewis was actually having to "drive the car on the straights".

It makes me wonder what overtaking will be like when opening the DRS seems to make the car so unbalanced.

[djones]

It makes me wonder what overtaking will be like when opening the DRS seems to make the car so unbalanced.

They are so fast they will probably not have to overtake anybody

[supermarine]

Good read, thanks for posting.
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Cheers, I thought the most interesting bit was the explanation of the design trade-offs in the bargeboard area. So you can directly generate downforce with the bargeboards but if you do that you compromise their ability to feed the diffuser. I had never read about this anywhere before.

[MtthsMlw]

via motorsport.com

[Sierra117]

An Instagram story by MercedesAMG media guy Paul Ripke has an interesting BTS thing with the tyres and a view of the rims:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/BvEsDF9Fe1 ... 7p1zujapo4

Some screenshots:









Tyre surface after being used (rubber from track stuck onto surface which they will remove via hot gun and then wash them with water to add to the available used-sets):

[roon]

https://cdn-2.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... t-de-1.jpg

Thicker wall on the left wastegate pipe.

[roon]

[Morteza]

On the Mercedes AMG F1 W10, the inner 'blowing' brake duct effect is helped by a small hole inside the brake ducts #techF1

[GPR-A]

Hamilton's floor damage pictures.

The trailing edge of the floor at the start of the GP.



Damaged floor - After the race.

[El_KaPpa]

Hamilton's floor damage pictures.

The trailing edge of the floor at the start of the GP.

https://i.screenshot.net/dqjwghz

Damaged floor - After the race.

https://i.screenshot.net/85rvzbe

Does that part could affect so much HAM pace in the race

[subcritical71]

https://cdn-8.motorsport.com/images/amp ... detail.jpg

https://media.wired.com/photos/5932a83c ... C_0601.jpg

Interesting. On the jet engine, those serrated exits are for noise reduction. I can't see a need for that on a DRS actuator, so are Mercedes just playing with the other manufactures...

[henry]

Hamilton's floor damage pictures.

The trailing edge of the floor at the start of the GP.

https://i.screenshot.net/dqjwghz

Damaged floor - After the race.

https://i.screenshot.net/85rvzbe

Is the piece that has gone missing a separate component that has fallen off or a part of the floor that has broken?

I think I recall seeing that some teams adjust the trailing edge of the floor to get it as close to the tyre as possible.

[GPR-A]

Hamilton's floor damage pictures.

The trailing edge of the floor at the start of the GP.

https://i.screenshot.net/dqjwghz

Damaged floor - After the race.

https://i.screenshot.net/85rvzbe

Does that part could affect so much HAM pace in the race

My guess is, he did not lose as much pace. Nobody more than him understands the track position on this circuit and once he fluffed the start, he knew the chance of a victory was gone. With damage to the floor, he then conserved the tyres to have a go for the fastest lap in the end, but Valtteri's race strategy was just too good for that. Half a second difference on their fastest laps on 57th lap shows the difference in tyre life and with a damage on the floor.