Mercedes W14

[AR3-GP]

https://i.postimg.cc/SxtRbPht/image.png

there is still some space to the right when the vertical segment comes down from the midwing

Yes I was trying to highlight the "inside" of the inlet. It's actually quite large.

[fourmula1]

Is the suspension hanging/sagging? Could that throw off people's interpretation of updated geometry?

[Vanja #66]

Will this change the flow structures around the car to something more akin to the Aston/RedBull? I’m thinking back to the CFD that you did for Shub that showed the ‘off-body’ flows as being significantly different previously.

We'll need to see at least 5-6 different angles all over the fully assembled car to get anything close to a decent picture about the overall sidepod geometry. Since they now have an actual undercut under the inlet, the whole pressure distribution will change a lot, but we need to see some dimensions relative to the rest of the car to get a decent idea of whats going on

[TheRacingElf]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw6PCMuWAA0 ... ame=medium

Personal guess, they have a ferrari style inwash rear

Doesn't it look like an Aston Martin waterslide? Starting just to the right of the pointing finger, after the vent.

[Luscion]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw6PCMuWAA0 ... ame=medium

Personal guess, they have a ferrari style inwash rear

Doesn't it look like an Aston Martin waterslide? Starting just to the right of the pointing finger, after the vent.

I noticed that as well, seems like theres a gap in the sidepods towards the rear

[Evo2racer]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw6PCMuWAA0 ... ame=medium

Personal guess, they have a ferrari style inwash rear

Doesn't it look like an Aston Martin waterslide? Starting just to the right of the pointing finger, after the vent.

Fully agreed that is what I also see.

Really excited to see the pictures tomorrow

Definitely a w14 B !

[F1Krof]

More of a Ferrari style lower-midsection where it attaches to the floor.

[PlatinumZealot]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw6PCMuWAA0 ... ame=medium

Personal guess, they have a ferrari style inwash rear

Not zero-pods, not Mini-pods, but Vanilla-pods…

wait and see the relative size

[PlatinumZealot]

Changes to floor/front suspension/sidepods (where the changes are rumoured/stated to be occurring) won't be visible until Thursday usually

Ahem...

[organic]

Changes to floor/front suspension/sidepods (where the changes are rumoured/stated to be occurring) won't be visible until Thursday usually

Ahem...

[PlatinumZealot]

According to Toto and some posters this should be a vanilla side pod. So my guess is they are testing the floor and suspension mostly. Monaco is not about aero efficiency so these sidepods could very well be a rudimentary version

[shady]

https://i.postimg.cc/SxtRbPht/image.png

The least important thing in the picture is the aperture of the sidepod..

[Venturiation]

According to Toto and some posters this should be a vanilla side pod. So my guess is they are testing the floor and suspension mostly. Monaco is not about aero efficiency so these sidepods could very well be a rudimentary version

Yes this is more a test about if the sidepods are doing something bad and affecting the rest, we will see them bring the old ones to compare

[F1NAC]

better pic of the suspension
https://preview.redd.it/new-hd-photo-of ... 5453ed499e

It does seem that it's not angled down as on RB

[Vanja #66]

I see some are still wondering if/how there's a midwing(let) still there even with undercut, so this might be useful:

Actually, I think with this year's design they'd be able to have an undercut. The inlet starts right where the wing ends and they form a single surface on the inside. This means W14 has only one surface intersection in y-cut in the width of the inlet, so they can actually introduce an undercut and keep the wing. The thing is, I'm not sure that's something you'd want to do, you'd need to raise the inlet and extend the width and that would effectively cancel out the mid wing and likely it's downwash effects too.

On W13 the midwing and sidepod were completely separate, on W14 there's an inner transition surface where a single Y-cut section is present - allowing the team to generate an undercut (like all other teams). Basically, as some members already said, this transforms the upper surface of the wing into an extended upper inlet lip (overbite) - in the eyes of FIA reading the rules