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Mercedes AMG have today completed their shakedown of the W03, the team's new 2012 car. After the team decided to run at last week's Jerez test with the older car, Mercedes will present its new car to the public next Tuesday at the start of testing at Barcelona.
Don't use twitpic.MercAMGF1Fans wrote:ok this is an old pic, but i found this on twitter
So in a roundabout way we are agreed...beelsebob wrote:They don't need to – they need to have a higher mass than the same volume of fuel as they take up. The fuel isn't moving up above where it was before – it's moving up above the KERS unit.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:beelsebob wrote: 1) Batteries are more dense than even fuel
2) By moving them out the side pod they'll be lowering the radiators, which probably also have a greater density than fuel.
But the batteries don't have a mass of 180kgs however dense they are.
well it seems bloody complicated, even so that Whitmarsh admitted as "too late to copy it now" in Japan last year!dren wrote:Wouldn't the front F-duct need two openings? One for the actual air flowing into the front wing and one to do the switching? Or would it just be a spring valve that would open at a certain pressure from the air flow?
Yep, violent agreement that moving KERS batteries down, radiators down, and fuel up is a good plan.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:So in a roundabout way we are agreed...beelsebob wrote:They don't need to – they need to have a higher mass than the same volume of fuel as they take up. The fuel isn't moving up above where it was before – it's moving up above the KERS unit.
The 2009 car was the BrawnGP which did not have KERS.Timstr wrote:I repeat:
KERs batteries were already mounted below the fuel tank last year.
http://t.co/3k0g3Oqx
If the wheelbase is stretched, the fuel will not be moved up, but more likely moved back. The tank can be shorter and longer. The displaced fuel from the battery will likely move rearward. Also, there will be no EBD, so all of that extra fuel they had will not be needed. This should decrease the fuel tank volume.beelsebob wrote:Yep, violent agreement that moving KERS batteries down, radiators down, and fuel up is a good plan.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:So in a roundabout way we are agreed...beelsebob wrote:They don't need to – they need to have a higher mass than the same volume of fuel as they take up. The fuel isn't moving up above where it was before – it's moving up above the KERS unit.
Yes; but in 2009; Mercedes did have a works team in McLaren.dren wrote:The 2009 car was the BrawnGP which did not have KERS.Timstr wrote:I repeat:
KERs batteries were already mounted below the fuel tank last year.
http://t.co/3k0g3Oqx
Referring to McLaren as the former MBz works team is a great way to annoy both McLaren and Mercedes fans. McLaren had a close relationship with MBz, but it was never their "works" team.raymondu999 wrote:Yes; but in 2009; Mercedes did have a works team in McLaren.dren wrote:The 2009 car was the BrawnGP which did not have KERS.Timstr wrote:I repeat:
KERs batteries were already mounted below the fuel tank last year.
http://t.co/3k0g3Oqx
The Mercedes threads seem to be the most popular throughout the season, I've observed.King Six wrote:53 pages...is there something about this car that I'm not understanding here, what's the buzz? Is it the front wing F-Duct theorised from last year?
s/popular/contentious/. It seems to be the Lewis Hamilton of teams around here, always someone willing to slag them off or defend them to the death.scuderiafan wrote:The Mercedes threads seem to be the most popular throughout the season, I've observed.King Six wrote:53 pages...is there something about this car that I'm not understanding here, what's the buzz? Is it the front wing F-Duct theorised from last year?
