Team: John Owen (CD), Loic Bigois (HA), Craig Wilson (Head of Vehicle Eng. & Dynamics), Russell Cooley (CE), Ross Brawn (TP), Nick Fry (CEO), Norbert Haug (VP), Thomas Fuhr (MD), Rob Thomas (COO)
Drivers: Michael Schumacher (7), Nico Rosberg (8)
Correct, scarbs corrected me on this a few pages back.Just_a_fan wrote:The additional "pipe" is probably just for the starter. As they are limited to 2 exhaust openings, they can't run a third pipe in that region.
scarbs wrote:No thats the starter motor shaft, its not an exhaust. On the Merc its offset to the side slightly. McLaren had this offset starter up until a year ago.
JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Ok so we now also have some semblance of understanding as to why Brawn decided Mercedes should go Short Wheel Base with the W02.AMuS wrote: No car has such a short wheelbase. The silver arrow is two inches shorter than the Ferrari, Nine as the Red Bull and McLaren than the whopping 27 centimeters. "We think that works better with a short drive clipped the diffuser," said team boss Ross Brawn. Smiling he adds, "Hopefully, our calculations are correct."
Source: http://www.mercedes-gp.com/BARCELONA TEST - DAY ONE
The MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team’s final test ahead of the 2011 Formula One season began at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today with Nico Rosberg at the wheel of the MGP W02.
- The team ran the first items of its upgrade package today including a new exhaust package and new bodywork.
- The morning was spent conducting baseline runs with the new components to ensure they were performing as predicted.
- Results were in line with the team's expectations.
- The afternoon session focused on set-up and tyre management over longer runs.
- A bodywork problem brought the day’s running to an earlier than planned end.
- Nico completed 100 laps today, equating to 466 kms. The team has now completed 4768 kms of pre-season testing.
- Nico’s quickest time was set on the first lap of what proved to be his final long run of the day.
Michael Schumacher will take over the car for Thursday and Friday, with Nico completing the programme on Saturday.
Nico Rosberg: “It was nice to get the first of our upgrades on the car today, and to feel their potential. Thanks to everyone at the team for their hard work as I think we have some impressive developments, even though we couldn’t test or show the full performance today as not all of the elements are on the car and working together yet. We had glimpses that showed that the full package should be a big step. The bodywork problem cost some time at the end, however we still learned a great deal.”
They appear to be pushing the boundries of this loophole by extending some of the gills from other holes in the bodywork, see the rear suspension pickup points for example.forty-two wrote:How are all those gills going to be legal?
I understood that Ferrari got away with gills last year by "extending the exhaust outlet" with a tiny slit which continued from the exhaust outlet proper to the gills and then each vane of each "gill" had a tiny slit in it, making the whole outlet "one". I understood however that this loophole had been closed in the 2011 regs, something about "Maximum distance between extremes of exhaust outlet"?
Maybe because the gasses move slower in that area. More time for heat transfer. IT might be hotter than the other parts.FrukostScones wrote:
Why the yellow/orange coating in the area of the starter hole?
Good point, but how do they square this one:Diesel wrote:They appear to be pushing the boundries of this loophole by extending some of the gills from other holes in the bodywork, see the rear suspension pickup points for example.forty-two wrote:How are all those gills going to be legal?
I understood that Ferrari got away with gills last year by "extending the exhaust outlet" with a tiny slit which continued from the exhaust outlet proper to the gills and then each vane of each "gill" had a tiny slit in it, making the whole outlet "one". I understood however that this loophole had been closed in the 2011 regs, something about "Maximum distance between extremes of exhaust outlet"?
Oops...nevermindFrukostScones wrote:another possible exhaust???Goran2812 wrote:what's that?
