Mercedes AMG F1 W03

[pocketmoon]

From Yesterday

The burn trail on that sidepod shows a surprisingly wide scope from the exhaust; up as high as (and over) the silver paint, and as low as the grandstand reflection line..

I always expected the exhaust stream to be much more direct and concentrated than that.

I think it's flow is highly dependent on the speed of the car. So it my be a concentrated flow but diverted through different paths over the course of a lap.

[NonNewtonic]

[img]http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/gallery/pictures/2012/f1/test-catalunya-03mar/037.jpg[img]
From Yesterday

The burn trail on that sidepod shows a surprisingly wide scope from the exhaust; up as high as (and over) the silver paint, and as low as the grandstand reflection line..

I always expected the exhaust stream to be much more direct and concentrated than that.

I may be due to wind which blew the exhaust gas about the exhaust steam its pretty obvious Mercedes is blowing the whole rear instead of the side of the diffuser like what RB and Sauber did cuz there is no bodywork to direct the exhaust

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^ aren't the exhausts required to be visible from above?

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may just be the photo angle, but I looks to me like there's a side pod revision - less down-swoop along the edge where the extended silver panel is today; slightly flatter top profile...

they've covered off the outer section of the exhaust evaluation area (which in the pic below from yesterday seemed to have an outer channel) with silver bodywork... ..may mean they've finalized their exhaust position.

[Gridlock]

i take it you know what fuel loads they are running

After 50 laps theres not going to be much in it, unless Merc are also planning to enter the Paris-Dakar.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Diffuser Detail

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[Pierce89]

I really like the Frontwing endplates on this car. After years of driving with that simple FW, this one is not only more complex, but also extremely good looking

I quite agree. They went from the ugliest most simple front wing to the sexiest front wing of all of them.(minus their ugly simple version of the r flap)

[Med4224]

[amouzouris]

there is definitely a hole...and kind of big one i think...and why on earth are the using a 3D merc logo???

[Crucial_Xtreme]

FW detail

right click>view image

[Med4224]

[diego1960]

The last pic can't be from yesterday, the burned bodywork was replaced by black-heat resistant material after the end of the first Barcelona test.

[NonNewtonic]

Indeed that pic was taken during the 1st Barcelona test a week ago!

[Med4224]

The last pic can't be from yesterday, the burned bodywork was replaced by black-heat resistant material after the end of the first Barcelona test.

yea my bad, wrong link

[richard_leeds]

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