Mercedes W12

[Morteza]

Via AMuS

[SiLo]

Interesting, usually the bring their upgrade package to this race.

[zibby43]

[zibby43]

via Motorsport:

High-downforce RW:



Car going to scrutineering without nose/FW attached:



Front suspension:

[F1Krof]

Amus reports no upgrades for merc this weekend

This truly leads to one conclusion: they do believe they have a beast underneath, they just have to awaken it!

I'm a bit disappointed, I was expecting something substantial for Spanish GP.

[zibby43]

Amus reports no upgrades for merc this weekend

This truly leads to one conclusion: they do believe they have a beast underneath, they just have to awaken it!

I'm a bit disappointed, I was expecting something substantial for Spanish GP.

Probably more suited for the team thread, but Hamilton has alluded several times to the fact that the car has potential, and that they're understanding the car better lap-by-lap.

As to the hardware itself, we've already seen a steady trickle of Merc-like optimizations to the diffuser and rear of the floor. They've also played around with different rear-wing configurations, and brought their high-downforce RW (which I'm sure we saw in testing at some point) to Barcelona for the first time.

[dans79]

Amus reports no upgrades for merc this weekend

This truly leads to one conclusion: they do believe they have a beast underneath, they just have to awaken it!

I'm a bit disappointed, I was expecting something substantial for Spanish GP.

Probably more suited for the team thread, but Hamilton has alluded several times to the fact that the car has potential, and that they're understanding the car better lap-by-lap.

As to the hardware itself, we've already seen a steady trickle of Merc-like optimizations to the diffuser and rear of the floor. They've also played around with different rear-wing configurations, and brought their high-downforce RW (which I'm sure we saw in testing at some point) to Barcelona for the first time.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we didn't see a front Wing from Mercedes today did we?

[zibby43]

This truly leads to one conclusion: they do believe they have a beast underneath, they just have to awaken it!

I'm a bit disappointed, I was expecting something substantial for Spanish GP.

Probably more suited for the team thread, but Hamilton has alluded several times to the fact that the car has potential, and that they're understanding the car better lap-by-lap.

As to the hardware itself, we've already seen a steady trickle of Merc-like optimizations to the diffuser and rear of the floor. They've also played around with different rear-wing configurations, and brought their high-downforce RW (which I'm sure we saw in testing at some point) to Barcelona for the first time.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we didn't see a front Wing from Mercedes today did we?

You are correct. Only shot I could see with the nose attached was that third one I included above of the front suspension. It’s been a very long time since we’ve seen any tweaks to that area.

[DarthPlagueisTheVise]

This truly leads to one conclusion: they do believe they have a beast underneath, they just have to awaken it!

I'm a bit disappointed, I was expecting something substantial for Spanish GP.

Probably more suited for the team thread, but Hamilton has alluded several times to the fact that the car has potential, and that they're understanding the car better lap-by-lap.

As to the hardware itself, we've already seen a steady trickle of Merc-like optimizations to the diffuser and rear of the floor. They've also played around with different rear-wing configurations, and brought their high-downforce RW (which I'm sure we saw in testing at some point) to Barcelona for the first time.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we didn't see a front Wing from Mercedes today did we?

We did actually, though I cannot find any front facing pictures

[zibby43]

Although AMuS reported nothing new, Sam Collins said there were a few new bits on the F1 Weekend Warmup show.

Didn’t say what. So, conflicting reports.

[zibby43]

Probably more suited for the team thread, but Hamilton has alluded several times to the fact that the car has potential, and that they're understanding the car better lap-by-lap.

As to the hardware itself, we've already seen a steady trickle of Merc-like optimizations to the diffuser and rear of the floor. They've also played around with different rear-wing configurations, and brought their high-downforce RW (which I'm sure we saw in testing at some point) to Barcelona for the first time.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we didn't see a front Wing from Mercedes today did we?

though I cannot find any front facing pictures
https://klasresim.com/i/QH3S7

I think that’s what he was referring to. Shots where it’s clearly visible.

[dans79]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we didn't see a front Wing from Mercedes today did we?

though I cannot find any front facing pictures
https://klasresim.com/i/QH3S7

I think that’s what he was referring to. Shots where it’s clearly visible.

yea, so we could actually see what it looks like!

[tangodjango]

Although AMuS reported nothing new, Sam Collins said there were a few new bits on the F1 Weekend Warmup show.

Didn’t say what. So, conflicting reports.

He also said Ferrari had moved to a split turbo architecture for this year when they haven't.

[atanatizante]

At Portimao, both Merc drivers ran a different RW in the race.

Can we conclude that the delta speed between HAM`s DRS opened low DF rear wing was almost 23km/h higher than BOT`s without DRS high DF rear wing?

Furthermore, at the same RW setup, DF levels and so forth which is the car`s delta speed between running with an open and a closed DRS wing?

[michl420]

23 is realistic but maybe one had a tow and the other not, or one use the overtake button and the other not.The only way to see this is in a practice session when you pick 2 laps without a tow. Also the effect is different on each car. At mercedes I would say 18-23 kph, maybe more.