Today's unveiled Mercedes AMG F1 W09 resembles a lot its sucessful predecessor, the championship winning W08. And this is no coincidence, as team boss Toto Wolff reveals. However, there are some interesting changes to come this year with the new car.
It was to compare with the merc and RB wings that were posted here. Still relevant if it's a comparison with the mercedes and its main rivals. I was wondering if the merc also has a guarney flap but i cant see it cause it's the color of the rest of the wing.
Exactly - not sure how anyone can miss that from the comparitive pictures.wesley123 wrote: ↑31 Aug 2018, 08:25Definitely not. The chord is much shorter than conventional.aleks_ader wrote: ↑31 Aug 2018, 08:02Its but just in case if you have same aerofoil as in in the middle of spoon section.
That is the big difference here; Red Bull and Ferrari rear wings have the full chord length. The span:chord ratio on the Mercedes would be much higher, and simplified would create the more efficient wing. Mercedes might also enjoy the effects of DRS more.
It was noted that Merc were better than Ferrari on traction and (obviously) tire management in the race at Monza. I wonder if this is just a coincidence or something they upgraded for this race. I guess we'll find out in Singapore as surely traction is key there?
I think part of the Ferrari tyre 'problems' was that they had to push hard straight out of the box rather than working them in as they usually do. Kimi in particular had to nail it on new tyres, probably under orders from the team, and Seb had some damage and was working back up the field so passing as soon as possible was his priority rather than tyre life.tranquility2k4 wrote: ↑03 Sep 2018, 12:10It was noted that Merc were better than Ferrari on traction and (obviously) tire management in the race at Monza. I wonder if this is just a coincidence or something they upgraded for this race. I guess we'll find out in Singapore as surely traction is key there?
They need to be very very fixed.
Noted by whom? I don't remember anyone saying that Merc's having better traction than Ferrari on Monza. Besides, I can't imagine just a week earlier in SPA Toto specifically said that their weakness is not the power alone, it was the traction that they were losing a lot of time, and all this to be fixed in just a week. I don't think so.tranquility2k4 wrote: ↑03 Sep 2018, 12:10It was noted that Merc were better than Ferrari on traction and (obviously) tire management in the race at Monza. I wonder if this is just a coincidence or something they upgraded for this race. I guess we'll find out in Singapore as surely traction is key there?
And all this assumption based on just a (freakishly unique) race, with Vettel out of the race on lap 1. Oh, what do you make of Bottas not being able to pass a Red Bull on a most power hungry track? Did his car have the supposedly 'suspicious' performance.GrandAxe wrote: ↑08 Sep 2018, 16:39Mercedes did have better traction (and tyre management) than Ferrari at Monza. It was obvious during the race and I'm sure I've seen an article or two that mentioned it since then (can't recall by who unfortunately).
In Q3, the drastic turn around in their performance in sectors where they were meant to be poor was really suspicious, it was like they'd been sandbagging.
In the race, their ability to keep up with Ferrari points to two possibilities; the first, that they've might have caught up in the engine race and the second, that their aero (and/or suspension?) upgrade has given them more speed.
Whatever the case, Mercs ability to follow closely points to a possible revision of aero strategy away from a car that's optimised to drive away at the front to one that can do a close chase without understeering and destroying its tyres.
