Mercedes AMG F1 W03 (pre-launch speculation)

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Check out the bottom of the sidepod inlet.
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elf341 wrote:Yep definitely stepped nose. Unless I'm mistaken, it also seems to have ferrari-style stretched front-wing attachment struts - which is similar to that in Yace's W03-guess illustration.
post freeze frames! i cannot get onto YT from work!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy4LtpZ ... ata_player

acceptable quality!

The sidepods are quite weird.
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Schurcedes wrote:Image


Check out the bottom of the sidepod inlet.
impossible to see anything...too small :(

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What we know its definitely a stepped nose...DAMN!
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Hail22 wrote:What we know its definitely a stepped nose...DAMN!
yep, but detail..i guess we will have to wait till next week

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JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Freeze capture shows a defintive stepped nose....


Welcome to the W03 :twisted:
Ditto. Freeze & Zoom & you can see it.

From a distance it looks like the Stepped Nose has a much smoother transition but then since it is from a distance & the car is travelling at such a high speed it is impossible to say.

The sidepod obviously look much less sleeker than in the top view but then it is impossible to judge it from here.

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Owen.C93 wrote:Image

Very reminiscent of the W02.
More could have been done.
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JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:
Owen.C93 wrote:Image

Very reminiscent of the W02.
hopefully not performance wise... :D

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Gerhardsa wrote:
Schurcedes wrote:Image


Check out the bottom of the sidepod inlet.
impossible to see anything...too small :(
Tried freezing frame too but the cars moving too quick for the camera to get focus, are you suggesting anything, such as it has an outlet? I wondered if radiator air could be fed out in front of the floor similar to renaults exhaust system FEE, but otherwise it's looking quite conventional, deep front wing pillars but unlike a few teams they don't seem to start at the back of the front wing, skinny high nose for sure, can't really see the step treatment

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i have a question, ...why Mercedes drive today at Silverstone?? I thought that they may only test at Jerez and Barcelona. confused =(

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I believe we are seeing the exhaust being just above the rear area of the painted sidepod.

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Double undercut of some kind?