Mercedes W07 Speculation Thread

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turbof1 wrote:It will make sense however that Mercedes, and probably also the others, will spend les tokens then expected at the beginning of the season. That free upgrade is really significant. I also believe most if not all manufacturers will have quite a few token points left over at the end. There will be no strategic use for them for next year, and they might not have enough tokens left to make any useful alterations at that point.

It'll depend on the gains made by Ferrari. If the advantage Mercedes has, is in danger, they might start taking risks actually.
You say less than expected, but what is generally expected? Hard to say.
Care to elaborate why it makes sense to spend less tokens than expected, at the start of the season? By that i figure you mean withholding upgrades. That doesn't make any sense to me. Like you say, next years free-for-all is significant, as it affects this years strategy. There is no reason for them to hold back any development items as long as they can bring them to the track reliably and validated. Which is exactly what i originally said.

I disagree on your last point. I think Ferrari has very little to do with Mercedes PU development; they will push forward no matter what. Monza 2015 is the prime example, they didn't need to risk anything but to some extent they did. These PU's are guaranteed to be in the sport until 2020, Mercedes will work as hard as they can knowing they'll have good use of any gain they're able to make.

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ME4ME wrote: You say less than expected, but what is generally expected? Hard to say.
Care to elaborate why it makes sense to spend less tokens than expected, at the start of the season?
If you can gain 50hp from the free turbo upgrade, or you can spend a bunch of tokens on a barely tested upgrade that might give you 75hp what do you do?

An engineer is going to take the 50 free hp and work a little longer on the 75hp upgrade to make it more reliable, or even larger.
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ME4ME wrote:
turbof1 wrote:It will make sense however that Mercedes, and probably also the others, will spend les tokens then expected at the beginning of the season. That free upgrade is really significant. I also believe most if not all manufacturers will have quite a few token points left over at the end. There will be no strategic use for them for next year, and they might not have enough tokens left to make any useful alterations at that point.

It'll depend on the gains made by Ferrari. If the advantage Mercedes has, is in danger, they might start taking risks actually.
You say less than expected, but what is generally expected? Hard to say.
Care to elaborate why it makes sense to spend less tokens than expected, at the start of the season? By that i figure you mean withholding upgrades. That doesn't make any sense to me. Like you say, next years free-for-all is significant, as it affects this years strategy. There is no reason for them to hold back any development items as long as they can bring them to the track reliably and validated. Which is exactly what i originally said.

I disagree on your last point. I think Ferrari has very little to do with Mercedes PU development; they will push forward no matter what. Monza 2015 is the prime example, they didn't need to risk anything but to some extent they did. These PU's are guaranteed to be in the sport until 2020, Mercedes will work as hard as they can knowing they'll have good use of any gain they're able to make.
Again, the free upgrade at the turbo and exhaust due regulation changes will save up tokens. Usually changes on the ICE has a knockback on those parts as well, meaning you have to invest tokens too. This is not the case now.
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I've had Mercedes confirm the chassis has passed it's crash tests

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First couple of images grabbed from a youtube Video of the WO7, what can we see....


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nevill3 wrote:First couple of images grabbed from a youtube Video of the WO7, what can we see....


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/ ... lv9e1w.png


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/ ... qqvhwg.png
Well, I see a Spray gun and what appears to be a open cockpit race car.
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So we know the car exist, it's a start.

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That flow conditioner for mirror mount is shallower. Front end of car must have changed a bit don't you think?

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It looks like the chassis may begin to curve downwards earlier than with the W06.

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Looks like there's a lot more Petronas green on the car this time.

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Looks like there's some black mould on the first pic ;)

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The guy who is rubbing the black mould is married. :wink:
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Is this the nose?

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WaikeCU wrote:Looks like there's a lot more Petronas green on the car this time.
Yup, looks like it might stand out more!
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nevill3 wrote:First couple of images grabbed from a youtube Video of the WO7, what can we see....


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/ ... lv9e1w.png


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/ ... qqvhwg.png
That they need to hire a new photographer....I mean really, those aren't exactly the best photos to show off your new car now are they!!
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