Mercedes W07 Speculation Thread

[Blackout]

Didnt see any sidepod pics !?

[atlantis]

https://twitter.com/nico_rosberg/status ... 2283264000 Roll hoop (airbox) looks huge

[cmF1]

In car footage....

https://www.facebook.com/MercedesAMGF1/ ... 041427411/

[matt_s]

[Side' pods looks exactly the same as Wo6. Nose seems to be very fat, it also appeared the same in "spray paint" teaser photo.

I don't know if it's just the res of the photo, but the nose looks somewhere between the W05 and W06 styles.

[cmF1]

All he talk about what it's gonna be like and as soon as a clear as day video is posted, you all go quiet.

[adrianjordan]

That airbox almost reminds me of the W01...

[Nathanael F1]

Onboard lap and commentary of the W07 with Rosberg.

[kreuzass]

I think there was no 360° cam mounted. The air intake seems to be quite big. Why should the curved "splitter" be mounted on the 360° cam and the monocoque?




higher...




new... (look at the curve. last years was straight.)


What are these holes on monocoque for (two round holes in the carbon fibre lami)? ANSWERED

[dren]

The W06 didn't have those flow conditioners by the mirrors last year did it? Looks new.

[Morteza]

The W06 didn't have those flow conditioners by the mirrors last year did it? Looks new.

It had flow conditioners there, but not in this shape. They are new.

[dren]

That airbox almost reminds me of the W01...

Yeah, maybe a return to this:

[kreuzass]

...
http://abload.de/image.php?img=3jbslv.jpg (third picture of three)

new... (look at the curve. last years was straight.)
...

Watched the video again. No flow conditioners on and maybe only between this "flap" and the sidepods! And of course a wider fin in front of the driver because of the new cam.

/edit
Two thoughts:
- The flow conditioners are between the sidepod and this "flap". The horizontal line of this "flap" seems to be higher than last year. The shape flows down to the monocoque and not upwards like last year.
- The flow conditioners are gone or maybe just tiny ones like between the front wing flaps and the upper horizontal line of the sidepod was raised (bigger sidepod undercut? maybe to make effect of the raised gearbox much more effective...).


/edit2
Watched the first video again too.



- Definitely round shaped and bigger cooling inlet (not triangluar anymore).
- Shape of sidepod upper and outer edge seems to be more angular and less rounded.
- Maybe a bit bigger weelsbase? Seems to be.

/edit3
At the moment i am quite sure we will see a car with a bigger (i think much bigger) sidepod undercut on monday.

[f1316]

Of course Torro Rosso had the massive airbox last year and car turned out to very good aerodynamically, so perhaps it is actually a better trade of to apportion more of your cooling needs there than, say, in the sidepod openings.

[adrianjordan]

Something just occurred to me... Could the huge round thing some of us are thinking is the airbox actually be a fan or something to feed air into the engine in the garage and the perspective is just off a little??

[ringo]

What would be nice is if they made a big mistake with a huge air intake. That would spice things up a bit.