Mercedes GP W02

[bot6]

Yes. The color should kind of give it away...

[wesley123]

well it more looks like the Lotus. the green is way too dark

[Ferraripilot]

Looks more like the Lotus to me.....

[mantikos]

Looks more like the Lotus to me.....

Exactly my thoughts...the green was way too dark...

[bot6]

Yes it is the Lotus, I got fooled by a mislabel on Sutton. Darn! Sorry guys.

[mantikos]

Yes it is the Lotus, I got fooled by a mislabel on Sutton. Darn! Sorry guys.

Phew...for a second there you had me convinced that either I or Ross Brawn had lost thier minds

[Morteza]

No FEE... Yet. But definitely some changes. This does not look like the old sidepod inlets.

is that the w02?

It looks like Team Lotus!

[mantikos]

I don't see any visible changes so far...from whatever lil I've seen

[funkyfreddy]

have you guys seen this pic?

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-photos/71 ... 80/#176080

is that a new hole or was it previously there?

[andrew]

No FEE... Yet. But definitely some changes. This does not look like the old sidepod inlets.

is that the w02?

It looks like Team Lotus!

Yep that's a Lotus. The same picture is on the Lotus thread.

[bot6]

All my fault. I made a Freudian silly mistake. I so wanted a proper update on the W02! Because let's be honest, apart from the monkey seat on the beam wing, nothing has changed since testing in Barça...

[Morteza]

All my fault. I made a Freudian silly mistake. I so wanted a proper update on the W02! Because let's be honest, apart from the monkey seat on the beam wing, nothing has changed since testing in Barça...

No problem my friend. I know how you feel. It seems this year they are not bragging about the updates and performance gains like they did last year. Last year they brought updates and they didn't work as expected let's say. After they decided to stop developing W01 they had performance gains(due to setup options it appears). Maybe that's why they are not bringing updates hastily this year. It seems their goal is to understand the car better, and then bring updates.

[dren]

have you guys seen this pic?

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-photos/71 ... 80/#176080

is that a new hole or was it previously there?

Probably an attachment point for the sidepod turning vein. The cover that is just above the exhaust outlets looks to be without slits now. New cooling internal updates?

[dren]

Well maybe just an access port. There aren't many changes, as expected.

[mantikos]

Well maybe just an access port. There aren't many changes, as expected.

It's where the sidepod chimney fits when required