Mercedes AMG F1 W06

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George-Jung wrote:
Sevach wrote:It's very curious given that the W05 ran with the "Gorilla Seat" pretty much everywhere.
Obviously they don't need it anymore, otherwise they would still do it.. =D>
Funny that this post of my gets two downvotes.. :roll:
Formula1.com wrote:
Mercedes tested a new monkey seat (main drawing) on Friday in Hungary, its design clearly aimed at the high-downforce requirements of the Hungaroring. However, the team opted not to use it for qualifying and the race. In the inset drawing you can see the version they used for the race. The monkey seat is designed to increase rear downforce, so in deciding not to race the revised design, it seems the team felt that they had enough downforce already. The Mercedes is still the class-leading car on the aerodynamic side, as well as on the engine side.

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Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid - brake cooling solutions

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Formula1.com wrote:On Friday in Budapest Mercedes experimented with different cooling solutions for the front brakes, with an asymmetric brake duct opening (right of brake assembly). For qualifying and the race they opted instead for the solution used in Canada, with the drum open and perforated holes exposed on the disc. This was to avoid the problems the team had in Canada and Hungary last year with overheating brakes.
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https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/statu ... 7720676352 https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/statu ... 4969358336 Mercedes rear wing.. Now that's something!!
They don't disappoint on surprising us :D
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Silent Storm wrote:https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/statu ... 7720676352
https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/statu ... 4969358336
Mercedes rear wing.. Now that's something!!
They don't disappoint on surprising us :D
Like 2006 F1 cars
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:o :o :o :o :o
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Reminds me of the Sauber C32 rear wing when they brought DRD

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edu2703 wrote:
Silent Storm wrote:https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/statu ... 7720676352
https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/statu ... 4969358336
Mercedes rear wing.. Now that's something!!
They don't disappoint on surprising us :D
Like 2006 F1 cars
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RLt5e2cZD9I/U ... mal643.jpg
I'm not surprised by the shape of the rear wing, just that I didn't expect it to be a completely new wing. I thought they would run a normal wing with less AoA like the edges cutoff or something like the slim Toro Rosso rear wing.
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Maybe this rear wing has a better DRS effect.

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We saw similar wings from Williams too in the past.

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According to Scarbs it reduces drag https://twitter.com/scarbsf1/status/634354017490046976
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