Mercedes W13

[siskue2005]

Only single bib unlike AM
Maybe they will add it later?

[Hoffman900]

https://i.imgur.com/n6nG8jd.jpg
Only single bib unlike AM
Maybe they will add it later?

Or maybe they don’t need it.

Remember, it’s about the total package and just sticking on something someone else has doesn’t necessarily mean it will work.

[zibby43]

[NtsParadize]

The new cars look a lot better than expected, especially compared to the pos showcar which was displayed by FOM last year. The W13 is no exception.

With that said, my only gripe is they look more like indycars now rather than F1 cars, especially at the front.

This was always going to happen with underbody tunnels, and this goes back 30 years now.

What do you mean?

[NathanOlder]

Looks fast.. it better be fast because redbull did a 1.26.500 lap and 1.24.400 durong shake down

Which track was that?

Rainbow road. They even managed to evade a blue shell!

I believed it up until the "evade blue shell!" at the point I knew you were talking s##t

[AeroDynamic]

[Henri]

Car looks much more slimmer than the competition .. guessing it will be much kinder on the tires and rabid in fast corners

[NtsParadize]

Car looks much more slimmer than the competition .. guessing it will be much kinder on the tires and rabid in fast corners

It is the rendered car.

[Henri]

Car looks much more slimmer than the competition .. guessing it will be much kinder on the tires and rabid in fast corners

It is the rendered car.

Lol you saying Mercedes are lying ?.. its close enough to the real thing

[NtsParadize]

Car looks much more slimmer than the competition .. guessing it will be much kinder on the tires and rabid in fast corners

It is the rendered car.

Lol you saying Mercedes are lying ?.. its close enough to the real thing

The rendered image on the tweet you quoted is far from the actual car.

[Herr_Koos]

Car looks much more slimmer than the competition .. guessing it will be much kinder on the tires and rabid in fast corners

The Aston follows a completely different aero philosophy. You're comparing apples with oranges from that angle.

[Herr_Koos]

Car looks much more slimmer than the competition .. guessing it will be much kinder on the tires and rabid in fast corners

It is the rendered car.

Lol you saying Mercedes are lying ?.. its close enough to the real thing

The render looks significantly different.

[OO7]

Car looks much more slimmer than the competition .. guessing it will be much kinder on the tires and rabid in fast corners

It is the rendered car.

Lol you saying Mercedes are lying ?.. its close enough to the real thing

The sidepods of the real W13 are far more forward than in the render, that's one pretty significant difference.

[FittingMechanics]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... 9tPtR.html

The part about PU positioning (Merc vs Ferrari) is very interesting. Merc has pushed PU as backward as possible, while Ferrari has pushed PU as forward as possible. There were rumors that with the understeer-y nature of new cars, RedBull was trying to put PU forward and immediately behind the cockpit. We haven't seen RedBull yet, but Ferrari clearly has done this.
It seems that in terms of weight distribution and Center of Gravity, this PU placement has helped Ferrari, but Merc on the other hand has much slimmer sidepods thanks to pushing PU backward and using more centerline cooling.

I wonder which solution will be more effective with the new cars?!!

I can't take that article seriously when he uses the render which positions sidepods well behind the mirrors! Real car has mirrors connected to the side pods. In fact, if you look at it right, Ferrari also has mirrors at the start of their sidepods like Mercedes. Silly stuff. Not to mention that Ferrari seems to have a "bulge" at the front of the sidepods and the real sidepod starts behind while Mercedes (on a real car) doesn't show this type of a bulge. It could mean Ferrari mounted engine further back than that.

Here - is there a big difference? Did Mercedes mount their engine behind or ahead of Ferrari - impossible to tell, especially not from a render which shows some kind of a fake car.

[SmallSoldier]

Very nice picture of the W13 on track… No rake whatsoever