timoth wrote: ↑18 Feb 2022, 20:03
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... 9tPtR.html
The part about PU positioning (Merc vs Ferrari) is very interesting. Merc has pushed PU as backward as possible, while Ferrari has pushed PU as forward as possible. There were rumors that with the understeer-y nature of new cars, RedBull was trying to put PU forward and immediately behind the cockpit. We haven't seen RedBull yet, but Ferrari clearly has done this.
It seems that in terms of weight distribution and Center of Gravity, this PU placement has helped Ferrari, but Merc on the other hand has much slimmer sidepods thanks to pushing PU backward and using more centerline cooling.
I wonder which solution will be more effective with the new cars?!!
I can't take that article seriously when he uses the render which positions sidepods well behind the mirrors! Real car has mirrors connected to the side pods. In fact, if you look at it right, Ferrari also has mirrors at the start of their sidepods like Mercedes. Silly stuff. Not to mention that Ferrari seems to have a "bulge" at the front of the sidepods and the real sidepod starts behind while Mercedes (on a real car) doesn't show this type of a bulge. It could mean Ferrari mounted engine further back than that.
Here - is there a big difference? Did Mercedes mount their engine behind or ahead of Ferrari - impossible to tell, especially not from a render which shows some kind of a fake car.