2023 Mercedes-AMG | Petronas F1 Team

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chrisc90
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So much for looking identical in the wind tunnel then huh!

Be interesting to see what Kyle comes up with
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black absorb heat .... so, they need some extra cooling, that's why the zeropod looks bulkier than W13 :D

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Mercedes has saved a lot of money on paint. Loads of naked carbon, they are definitely in the top 3 in that respect this year.
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Got to appreciate the effort that must have gone into getting sponsors/partners to agree to to white banding where their logos standout no-more than anyone else’s.
Even looks like Petronas dropped the “Nico Rosberg 6” logo (it confused me enough all those years ago).

Mercedes also sort of have a monopoly on a black car now too, pure carbon, minimal amount of black paint. A weight saving element other teams probably can’t implement as smoothly as Mercedes have.

Could argue that parts cost fractionally less to paint, over a season in a budget constrained era it’s useful. Can probably also afford to cut the paint and prep staff in favour of a different department?

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/merce ... /10432497/

According Toto, the w14 will have revised sidepods within the first races, but he says they will at least be racing Bahrain with the launch spec.

This is the car they will test and race on the whole, according to him. They regret wasting the Barcelona test because they didn't use their race package there

Racing with spec A sidepods is potentially related to the delays/ late design changes that have been rumoured recently.

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No big pilots, seems like the IWC push will be the chronos this season.
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No photos from shakedown yet? :-k
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wogx wrote:
15 Feb 2023, 15:37
No photos from shakedown yet? :-k
Nope

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Venturiation wrote:
15 Feb 2023, 17:17
it's amazing
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Why does GR63 have a green number when his helmet is blue? :?:

There were a few races last season when there was a blue number matching the blue helmet, but for many of the other races it did not match (e.g., black & blue number with black & red helmet), which was odd IMO.

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⚠️ | According to VirutasF1, Mercedes had issues with the W14 in their shakedown.
The engine was not firing correctly, so the team has sent it for repairs.

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JordanMugen wrote:
15 Feb 2023, 17:18
Why does GR63 have a green number when his helmet is blue? :?:

There were a few races last season when there was a blue number matching the blue helmet, but for many of the other races it did not match (e.g., black & blue number with black & red helmet), which was odd IMO.
easier to tell wich car is wich

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The premiere of the Mercedes W14 has not been the dream. After the presentation they have put it to roll in the Silverstone and it has given engine problems. They have sent the unit in for repair. It had ignition problems, misfiring and misfiring



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Is this source reliable enough?

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The same user now says that they will be returning tomorrow to carry out the filming once the engine has been rebuilt; we will know soon enough about reliability of source. It does seem strange that they posted George was going out on track hours ago and then nothing..