Mercedes AMG F1 W03

[Forza]

Brawn said the problem for DRS faliure was in hydraulic coupling.

[techF1LES]

Mercedes revised inboard wheel vane (note "r" shaped flow conditioner under brake duct inlet)

[marcush.]

that´s a big scoop compared with Williams and Ferrari...

[Owen.C93]

More little vanes. I think the angle is making the sidepods look a little squarer as well.

[mantikos]

No winglets

[Huntresa]

No winglets

Might just be that they havent changed FW since Canada, as in just shipped directly, cause this isnt a low df track so.

[Byronrhys]

Naw, that wing has clearly been repainted and sponsor logo has been placed on the winglet... it has been back to the factory so i'm expected to see it be ran at least in fp1.

[Owen.C93]

That's a very strange development if they are going to run with it.

[Matt Somers]

Just mentioned this on twitter but if you look at that Sidepod pic there is not only the vortex generator to look at. For some reason they have a chock of wood (that's what it looks like) jammed into the little duct next to the cockpit. Secondly they have a hole in the front face of the wing mirror. Pretty sure the mirror notch to the side profile is new too but need to check back over old pics when at the laptop later.

[NewtonMeter]

Just mentioned this on twitter but if you look at that Sidepod pic there is not only the vortex generator to look at. For some reason they have a chock of wood (that's what it looks like) jammed into the little duct next to the cockpit. Secondly they have a hole in the front face of the wing mirror. Pretty sure the mirror notch to the side profile is new too but need to check back over old pics when at the laptop later.

Might the wood in the side-of-cockpit-duct not merely be there to stop foreign objects entering? Or are you implying the duct is new? I think it was there before however...

[axle]

It doesnt' look like wood to me, more like the contruction material exposed...ie honeycomb

[Owen.C93]

Just mentioned this on twitter but if you look at that Sidepod pic there is not only the vortex generator to look at. For some reason they have a chock of wood (that's what it looks like) jammed into the little duct next to the cockpit. Secondly they have a hole in the front face of the wing mirror. Pretty sure the mirror notch to the side profile is new too but need to check back over old pics when at the laptop later.

I think that wood you see is just exposed gold lining to the monocoque. The hole in the mirror is for tyre temp.

[NewtonMeter]

I think that wood you see is just exposed gold lining to the monocoque. The hole in the mirror is for tyre temp.

Seriously? That's pretty awesome! Is there an IR sensor or something in it? Genuinely intrigued.

I am easily amused, yes. It's both a blessing and a curse...

[Owen.C93]

I think that wood you see is just exposed gold lining to the monocoque. The hole in the mirror is for tyre temp.

Seriously? That's pretty awesome! Is there an IR sensor or something in it? Genuinely intrigued.

I am easily amused, yes. It's both a blessing and a curse...

I believe so. I know McLaren ran the same thing on the MP4-26.

[clipsy1H]

Any uptade for Valencia?

BTW: This car is so fast on Sector 1 but lose over 0.300 on sector 2 and Sector 3 is kinda normal.