Mercedes AMG F1 W03

[THENOMAD79]

DON T WORRY ABOUT THIS HEATING, ALL THINGS IS BE FINE SOON

[razno]

DON T WORRY ABOUT THIS HEATING, ALL THINGS IS BE FINE SOON

With a little bit of gills here, and then there...

[Intego]

I know that RW F-duct is forbidden but if it`s a passive one then it`s allowed?

Forbidden too. The main & secondary flap of the rear wing must have a closed section. So it doesn't allow a slit to run an F-Duct.

But you could run a passive one on the front wing and on the beam wing.

IIRC the passive solution on the rear wing is not forbidden but the teams agreed not to use it. Dunno whether this is for the beam wing also.

[silvertouringz]

Im very worried about Merc cooling issues...


Any news about it?
From the pictures i saw, things don't look good...

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some header wrap will do the job

[dontempe]

[dren]

"enhanced"

[cirrusflyer]

Any info about sector speed and top speed in comparation to other cars?

[Lurk]

It won't mean anything. We won't know who was using DRS, if there was someone ahead or not and if they run a low DF setup or not...

I know that RW F-duct is forbidden but if it`s a passive one then it`s allowed?

Forbidden too. The main & secondary flap of the rear wing must have a closed section. So it doesn't allow a slit to run an F-Duct.

But you could run a passive one on the front wing and on the beam wing.

IIRC the passive solution on the rear wing is not forbidden but the teams agreed not to use it. Dunno whether this is for the beam wing also.

Yes it is. FIA added the word "closed" into the 2011 regulation article concerning rear wing flaps (3.10.2) to avoid passive F-Duct system.

When viewed from the side of the car, no longitudinal vertical [2012] cross section may have more than two sections in this area, each of which must be closed[2011]

more enhanced pics




On the first & second one, there is clearly a twin slot inside the sidepod entry. This car has a lot of small inlets everywhere - even if these two are not that small.
There is also a 'tunnel' (sorry, don't know the word... I hope it would be clear) on the turning vanes under front bulkhead (don't know the word either )

On the third pic, it seems that the vertical fin behind the rear wheel is burned too.
Front splitter looks complicated but it could be just the view angle...

Beam wing is higher than I tought.

[bar555]

Mercedes W02 had also overheating issues at first tests . W03 sidepods feature detachable patches offering multiple cooling options, some of which will be tested for sure at Barcelona .

[Owen.C93]

Front wing hole:

Right click-View

[Ferraripilot]

What's that gap under the brake light and the diffuser? Are they blowing something between there like Ferrari may be doing?

[dren]

No rear wing slats below the wing. Just two turning vanes in the diffuser on each side. No slotted gurney on the diffuser. It looks pretty ordinary. Has anyone seen the starter hole yet?

[dren]

What's that gap under the brake light and the diffuser? Are they blowing something between there like Ferrari may be doing?

I noticed that too, not sure if it's just the larger gurney that connects to the crash structure or not. Almost looks like the diffuser extends up in that area.

[Ferraripilot]

there is definitely something going on here

[Leon]

Welcome W03. Wish you all the best. Be fastest, most reliable and win as much as possible.