That's the answer why they ran old bits and pieces on the car @ Saturday.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Lovely shot of the W02 on full lock with Schumacher at the wheel.
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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)
That's the answer why they ran old bits and pieces on the car @ Saturday.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Lovely shot of the W02 on full lock with Schumacher at the wheel.
Exactly.Mandrake wrote:I think he means that due to the danger of crashing the car it'd be better to wreck old parts then, rather than destroy parts needed for the race in Australia
You would want to have another one at the race, don't you think?Diesel wrote:They could build more before then, and they'll be building spares anyway.
It's mainly down to the fact aero work in the rain is mostly irrelevant.
Their short wheel base doesn't say much for down-force. Maybe some handling positives. But anything else they do can be matched. I wasn't surprised that they found their way to the top .. for now.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Ringo
I disagree. The car is unique in a few ways, firstly its the shortest car on the grid. So whatever makes it work is done so using this philosophy which no one else has actually attempted. It would take more than a shortened wheelbase to attempt to match what Mercedes have. You will be well aware of the implications involved with weight transfer and aero configuration changes, it would be tantamount to a new car.
Secondly you have the front wing, 2 elements with a slot. Who else has this? It will be more than just cope and graft, and there is a very big IF here that mercedes are front runners. I naturally hope they are but no way can any one say for certain the w02 is a winner just yet.
I find that quite interesting because just judging from the looks, the Merc Exhaust solution is one of the simplest.ringo wrote:Their exhaust solution is good, i think it's in fact equal with the redbull's.
That itself may be on the copying list of most teams.
JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Mercedes know there is more to come from the exhaust side of things. So what you are seeing at the moment is a good exhaust design, but one that is in fact compromised by some cooling issues as pointed out by a poster earlier.
I think this has a lot to do with the W02's short wheelbase, and how alot of the car is designed to encompass that. As time goes on, we will definatley see more complex solutions from Mercedes.
I would expect them to 3-4 at the race, they've got enough time to build them.timbo wrote:You would want to have another one at the race, don't you think?Diesel wrote:They could build more before then, and they'll be building spares anyway.
It's mainly down to the fact aero work in the rain is mostly irrelevant.
And with logistics of not having separate testing team and chassis and moving everything to Australia, you really don't want to brake wing you can use in Melbourne.
Problem is, they are manufactured in England and the race is in Australia. Not as easy shipping. Besides, they only had all the parts @ Thursday or even Friday. They are fresh out of production with very little overhead.Diesel wrote:Your probably thinking back to Red Bull at Silverstone when Vettel broke his new wing, they only had the one on Webber's car so they swapped it. This sort of thing only happens mid-season as part of the development race, parts get shipped to races as soon as they are built, this can literally be Thursday night before FP1.