Venturiation wrote: ↑15 Feb 2023, 13:14
Andi76 wrote: ↑15 Feb 2023, 13:09
Absolutely not. Sidepods are clearly visible from the front, top and the sides. From the top you can even clearly see their shape from front to rear. Thats not Zeropods.
You can compare it to other cars it's still zeropods , just a different design
Zeropods
Look at the image directly above your post. Sidepods are clearly visible from front to back. Also they are much wider at the bottom than at the top. If these are zeropods, then the concept is already old, because then heavily undercut side boxes were also zeropods, just the other way around. From the front, you can see not a small, very high inlet - with the best will in the world, this no longer has anything to do with Zeropods.
Cs98 wrote: ↑15 Feb 2023, 13:50
F1Krof wrote: ↑15 Feb 2023, 13:44
Cs98 wrote: ↑15 Feb 2023, 13:34
Likewise you are maintaining it's "zeropods" to maintain some misplaced sense of pride that Merc got it right.
The truth is these sidepods are neither as small as they were last year, nor are they as large as the competition. They are squarely in the middle. Halfpods.
No, the sidepods are neither small, niether large, they are normal sized sidepods only vertical. Hence
Verti-pods is the most accurate word to use on describing the Mercedes' sidepods.
This isn't true. You need to differentiate between inlet size and sidepod size. The inlet may very well be the same size as other teams, but the overall volume of the sidepod is certainly smaller. Though larger than the W13.
I think no one disagrees with that. But they are too big to be called Zeropods now. Also flowstructure will be different.
Sonewhere in between last years and big pods. Sorry but thats not Zeropods anymore. They are just too big now. Just look at the big inlet in the image above! And how you can clearly see the sidepod from front to back....