Team: Bob Bell (TD), Aldo Costa (ED), Geoff Willis (Technology Director), Andrew Shovlin (CRE), Simon Cole (CTE), Ron Meadows (SD), Matthew Deane (CM), Ross Brawn (TP), Nick Fry (CEO), Toto Wolff (Exec Director), Andy Cowell (MD of powertrain),
Drivers: Nico Rosberg (9), Lewis Hamilton (10)
Team name: Mercedes AMG Petronas
I thought Toto said that 50% of the teams resources would be working on the 2014 car by that time.JDC123 wrote:I thought Mercedes said after spain they were putting everyone in their design team onto the 2014 car?SectorOne wrote:Great to see there´s no shortage of updates!
If that was the case, who built these parts?JDC123 wrote:I thought Mercedes said after spain they were putting everyone in their design team onto the 2014 car?SectorOne wrote:Great to see there´s no shortage of updates!
As you say production needs a design so if there´s no design there´s no production.Saribro wrote:Production built the parts, design just designed them. (And testing tested them, and quality verified them, and so on and so forth). Seeing as the 2014 is only being designed, not produced, there's plenty of freedom to produce parts.
Yes. I am also amazed by the pace of development and the sheer volume of new parts and the massively improved quality and the fit and finish of the body parts.smlbstcbr wrote:If, virtually bringing a new car in a matter of weekends, is 50% of workforce; the 2014 car must be a BEAST!
Others have mentioned that it was 50% of the workforce moving on by May. Also wanted to add that it's currently Paddy Lowe heading up development of the W04, with Costa on the W05, and Willis already working on the W06. --And Bob Bell overseeing them all.JDC123 wrote:I thought Mercedes said after spain they were putting everyone in their design team onto the 2014 car?SectorOne wrote:Great to see there´s no shortage of updates!
If 50% of the design team is still on 2013, there's still plenty. In addition, design happens -before- production...SectorOne wrote:As you say production needs a design so if there´s no design there´s no production.Saribro wrote:Production built the parts, design just designed them. (And testing tested them, and quality verified them, and so on and so forth). Seeing as the 2014 is only being designed, not produced, there's plenty of freedom to produce parts.
Layout is a little bit different this time.stefan_ wrote:Hungary 2013 - Friday (26.07.2013)
DRD in action again
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQFVPWUCUAE_gv4.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQFV6-QCcAAiHyw.jpg:large
....The person i responded to originally thought everyone was moved to 2014 project.Saribro wrote:If 50% of the design team is still on 2013, there's still plenty. In addition, design happens -before- production...SectorOne wrote:As you say production needs a design so if there´s no design there´s no production.Saribro wrote:Production built the parts, design just designed them. (And testing tested them, and quality verified them, and so on and so forth). Seeing as the 2014 is only being designed, not produced, there's plenty of freedom to produce parts.
There is nothing unusual going on.
I thought Mercedes said after spain they were putting everyone in their design team onto the 2014 car?
