The front of the airbox is a fixed point in the regs. They'll need a blade in that location if the airbox moves back.
Anyway, why move the airbox back, it'd add more volume to the rear of the car.
JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:The area im talking about is behind the drivers head rest, just behind where the airbox pylons are located. The body work looks papered over...as if there could be a large section cut out of it.
raymondu999 wrote:Either way we'll see in... 3 weeks??
How about a turning vane integrated into the mirror?JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Looking at this photo you can see how rough the actual car is.
It looks patched up. If you think back to the W01, and the Blade airbox design, Mercedes didnt show their concept until after the first three races, the bodywork had similar rough patches as this.
In this photo you can see some very dodgy body work just below and behind the actual Airbox, could this be intimating somthing in the pipeline for this area of the car?
bot6 wrote:I doubt that the teaser photo gives any indication about anything. Just look at the wheel rims on it: it's pretty much the only visible thing, and that's already miles off reality.
It seems there might be something special about the floor of the car, right under the sidepod air intakes. Some other teams have the floor bending upwards on the side of the floor there, to act as some kind of winglet i'm guessing. On the Merc however, that bend is much more pronounced, as is clearly visible in the picture just above. In fact, the whole section of the floor under the mini-side fence seems to be raised. Could it be they are using this section as a mini-side diffuser? And if they are, could they blow the exhaust under it by making it come out in front of the sidepods?
Or is it just an optical illusion?
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