Mercedes GP W02

[dren]

Looks like Mercedes moved up on pure pace, but how is the race pace looking relative to the others? The Mclaren's race pace looks to be just shy of Ferrari's, yet their quali pace is under Mercedes it seems.

[NewtonMeter]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93227

^^^
This.

[munudeges]

Truly original, never seen that since my late mother's Volvo 121 "Amazon" muffler, but it would be intriguing to learn how they came to that certain cross-section and where to stop longitudionally-wise?

One can only guess, but it's not particularly aerodynamic, is it?

[NewtonMeter]

One can only guess, but it's not particularly aerodynamic, is it?[/quote]

Occurred to me as well... surely they will find a more elegant solution... I read somewhere that Ferrari initially also ran with it exposed like that, but I don't know how truthful that is.

[dren]

Mclaren still does right? Might be due to the hot blowing?

[PlatinumZealot]

Truly original, never seen that since my late mother's Volvo 121 "Amazon" muffler, but it would be intriguing to learn how they came to that certain cross-section and where to stop longitudionally-wise?

One can only guess, but it's not particularly aerodynamic, is it?

The air velocity at that part of the car is almost zero.. so the covering is sort of inconsequential in the larger view of things.

[Owen.C93]

[xpensive]

Guilty until proven Irish, I wanna see the theoretical part of the Volvo muffler, scarbs?

[hardingfv32]

"The air velocity at that part of the car is almost zero.. so the covering is sort of inconsequential in the larger view of things."

Then why the effort to form the narrowest side pod possible in this area?

Brian

[Ferraripilot]

They still had the MkIII wing on during P2 right? I didn't catch either practice.....

[Byronrhys]

They still had the MkIII wing on during P2 right? I didn't catch either practice.....

Yup seems like they are gonna race it, seems to be working also.

Has the rake increased to anyone else?

[3one]

Finally the MkIII wing! This means they got big DF gains at the rear...
Anyone with pictures of the car with the MkIII wing?

[cirrusflyer]

they doing longruns now? How are the times looking? Has anyone made a comparison?

NH said: "Our race simulation at the end of P2 showed consistent lap times, which were of course still not quick enough compared to the top three teams," he said. "Our positions in the rankings today reflect more or less our current place in the pecking order."
source ESPN f1

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

[dren]

they doing longruns now? How are the times looking? Has anyone made a comparison?

NH said: "Our race simulation at the end of P2 showed consistent lap times, which were of course still not quick enough compared to the top three teams," he said. "Our positions in the rankings today reflect more or less our current place in the pecking order."
source ESPN f1

They were above Mclaren though, so maybe they are getting better?