Mercedes W13

[214270]

Still looks slammed; will be interesting keeping an eye on their progress this wkend.

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Looks like the rearward upper wishbone pickup point is higher and closer to the pushrod's which doesn't seem to have moved. Seems like maybe it's not purely aero in this case? Pure speculation - I don't know anything about suspension

[PhillipM]

No info about front wing? Those rumours about 5 kg weight reduction were false?

I'd take any rumour about 5kg on a single front wing as false tbfh, it's ludicrous.

[De Jokke]

And again an underwhelming update so far (hope the times prove me wrong), it looks like they aren't even trying to bring performance to the car. All these tiny bits, this car needs some drastic updates (starting with a complete suspension overhaul)!

[Stu]

It looks as though the pick-up location for the rear of the upper front wishbone has changed (moved forwards and up); push-rod has changed too. Interesting move with the shrouds at the chassis end - making them more bodywork-ish; there must be some benefit, but other than a legality dodge, I’m struggling to see what it is.

[adrianjordan]

Rear wing tips on these cars are getting sharper and sharper lol.

Given that they will surely generate vortexes if they carry on like this, I wonder whether the FIA will intervene.

[Stu]

Looks like the rearward upper wishbone pickup point is higher and closer to the pushrod's which doesn't seem to have moved. Seems like maybe it's not purely aero in this case? Pure speculation - I don't know anything about suspension

Depending on whether there are changes to the lower wishbone pick-ups (or not), I would expect this to reduce anti-dive. If the position change is large this must be a pre-planned swap. Chassis alterations of this magnitude would potentially require a fresh homologation (crash-tests, etc).

[GrizzleBoy]

All upper front suspension elemts are all now in line.

So the more forward elements will be creating a gap in the air for the rear elements and therefore reduce drag on that surface of the car.

Basically moving the rearward upper elements out of the way of oncoming air and cleaning up flow between upper and lower elements.

Edit: Upper flap of new front wing is supper skinny.

[RZS10]

Hasn't extending the bodywork outwards just visually brought them together whilst the actual pickup points probably haven't changed?

Quick and ugly ...

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some pics from Scarbs

[mantikos]

No info about front wing? Those rumours about 5 kg weight reduction were false?

You don't have to report weight reduction

[Big Tea]

some pics from Scarbs

Is that stay in compression or tension? Which way would the floor flex? Or is it to stop 'flapping'?

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Is that stay in compression or tension? Which way would the floor flex? Or is it to stop 'flapping'?

My initial thought was tension to prevent the floor edge bending down to strike the track, so holding it under tension should ameliorate that

[chrstphrln]

Hasn't extending the bodywork outwards just visually brought them together whilst the actual pickup points probably haven't changed?

Quick and ugly ...
https://i.imgur.com/1udzdiq.png

Thought the same.

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Anyone got a good shot to compare this with? Can just about see the cooling inlet here - supposedly the inlet has changed a bit