Mercedes AMG F1 W03

[Schulteiss]

Yep. Intermediate tyres. He was on an installation lap.

[Mr.S]

Sorry! Dont know how to post a picture from F1 Official site (galery).
On 59/ 75 you could see a patern on MSC tyers. ALO has non. What kind of tyers are those or are they just worned out?

Here:


MSC is on inters - those are just the inters grooves

I can see blue coloured walls too. Why did he try inters?? Maybe he wanted to see how a car with intermediate tyres behaves on a full dry track??

[Owen.C93]

Sorry! Dont know how to post a picture from F1 Official site (galery).
On 59/ 75 you could see a patern on MSC tyers. ALO has non. What kind of tyers are those or are they just worned out?

Here:


MSC is on inters - those are just the inters grooves

I can see blue coloured walls too. Why did he try inters?? Maybe he wanted to see how a car with intermediate tyres behaves on a full dry track??

You can see flo-vis on the roll hoops so it's just for aero testing I guess.

[volarchico]

few pics from today [click view image for higher resolution]

Look at that W-duct in action (YouTube video's name for the front-wing switching blowing device which isn't really an f-duct)! Oh wait...hmm, maybe not working or not existing at all.

I am not a believer.

[aral]

Look at that W-duct in action (YouTube video's name for the front-wing switching blowing device which isn't really an f-duct)! Oh wait...hmm, maybe not working or not existing at all.

I am not a believer.[/quote]

That car is rolling more than a drunken sailor!

[Owen.C93]

few pics from today [click view image for higher resolution]

Look at that W-duct in action (YouTube video's name for the front-wing switching blowing device which isn't really an f-duct)! Oh wait...hmm, maybe not working or not existing at all.

I am not a believer.

Nor is their plutonium suspension keeping them that flat in the corners.

[cirrusflyer]

Sorry! Dont know how to post a picture from F1 Official site (galery).
On 59/ 75 you could see a patern on MSC tyers. ALO has non. What kind of tyers are those or are they just worned out?

MSC is on inters - those are just the inters grooves

Tnx ray!
A bit strange using inter tyer on dry track?

[volarchico]

That car is rolling more than a drunken sailor!

I agree about the huge amount of body roll. The video I referenced showed that in a turn, the duct switched to increase df on the inner element (in this case the right part of the wing) to "level" the front wing during a turn. Sorry, my sarcasm is not clear. Put directly: I don't believe in the w-duct.

[dren]

Schumacher probably just jumped the curb.

Do they an install laps on new tires to make sure they are proven before using them in a race? Maybe a reason to run inters.

[raymondu999]

Maybe they have to spring the car that way to avoid switching on the flux capacitor by accident

[siskue2005]

Beautiful car
Simply fantastic =D>

[Mr.S]

So you have 1 image where the FW touch the floor. Hasn't the Ferrari doing this lap after lap in a whole race last year with Massa's ridiculous FW.

Hell RBR's wing was flexing hugely & in Singapore nearly everyone of the Top 5 teams had their FW touching the ground. Big Deal.

The car looks good,car looks fast. Michael has loads of consistent 1-24's with Mediums/Hards & that is good for their 1st Official day of testing. Espcially if they had not used DRS during those laps. I think we can rule them out RUNNING Ultra light or almost empty.

[cirrusflyer]

So you have 1 image where the FW touch the floor. Hasn't the Ferrari doing this lap after lap in a whole race last year with Massa's ridiculous FW.

Hell RBR's wing was flexing hugely & in Singapore nearly everyone of the Top 5 teams had their FW touching the ground. Big Deal.

The car looks good,car looks fast. Michael has loads of consistent 1-24's with Mediums/Hards & that is good for their 1st Official day of testing. Espcially if they had not used DRS during those laps. I think we can rule them out RUNNING Ultra light or almost empty.

+ 1

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

If you look closely and match everything up... This whole car is rocking and rolling over the kerb, not kjust the wing whcih remains pretty much in line with the rest of the car.

[Richard]

As I recall, there is a limited number of tyres for each week of testing. So I guess they are saving the slicks for proper runs?

Or, they are testing the aero on wet/inters with their larger diameter and greater ground clearance.