Mercedes AMG F1 W12 - Speculation Thread

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Mercedes AMG F1 W12 - Speculation Thread

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Here we are going to talk about W12 before its unveiling.









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Thanks again for getting this up and running.

Any predictions on how Merc will cope with the reg changes?

What changes will be upstream of the floor? What changes downstream?

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Where will they spend their tokens?
RP will officially spend them in the monocoque
(I suppose they'll reposition the top side impact structure inorder to copy the W11 sidepods)
But what about Mercedes?

Let's thispartlooksdifferent

The monocoque back-end looks different:
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Blackout wrote:
07 Feb 2021, 11:48
Where will they spend their tokens?
RP will officially spend them in the monocoque
(I suppose they'll reposition the top side impact structure inorder to copy the W11 sidepods)
But what about Mercedes?

Let's thispartlooksdifferent

The monocoque back-end looks different:
https://i.imgur.com/aNBNxPF.jpg
You’ve got a hell of an eye :)

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That looks like a larger airbox/plenum. Mudflap mentioned engine developments that would look bulky or something to that effect.

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OO7 wrote:
11 Feb 2021, 01:25
That looks like a larger airbox/plenum. Mudflap mentioned engine developments that would look bulky or something to that effect.
Correct. And this was tested in the final race of the year in Abu Dhabi.

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Mercedes will likely lose no aero performance. Sly foxes. Even if they go back to 2019 downforce levels, they had a lot of freaking downforce in 2019.
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Pirelli said with the improved construction of the 2021 spec tyres that they would set a lower minimum tyre pressure limit would such thing help mercedes or not ?

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DarthPlagueisTheVise wrote:
12 Feb 2021, 13:33
Pirelli said with the improved construction of the 2021 spec tyres that they would set a lower minimum tyre pressure limit would such thing help mercedes or not ?
It seemed to in previous years so I would assume so. Depends on the construction of the tyre and how it generates heat.
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zibby43 wrote:
11 Feb 2021, 01:57
OO7 wrote:
11 Feb 2021, 01:25
That looks like a larger airbox/plenum. Mudflap mentioned engine developments that would look bulky or something to that effect.
Correct. And this was tested in the final race of the year in Abu Dhabi.
I don't remember seeing a bulker engine cover in Abu Dhabi practice, to house the larger plenum?

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Hello, does anybody remember the fric suspension?

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Doesn’t work, its allen millyard suspension.single track magazine interview with allen millyard on youtube.

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denktank wrote:
12 Feb 2021, 15:04
Doesn’t work, its allen millyard suspension.single track magazine interview with allen millyard on youtube.

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