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Team: Bob Bell (TD), Norbert Haug (VP of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport), Nick Fry (CEO), Ross Brawn (TP), Geoff Willis (Technology Director), Also Costa (Engineering Director)
Drivers: Michael Schumacher (7), Nico Rosberg (8)
Isn't that a Lotus?scarbs wrote:They are allowed to run more sensors on a Friday, the car was photo'd with the sidepods off and bundles or clear plastic tubes were shown, clearly they are going to be doing some comparative runs for aero data...
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No, 100% Mercedes.Morteza wrote:Isn't that a Lotus?scarbs wrote:They are allowed to run more sensors on a Friday, the car was photo'd with the sidepods off and bundles or clear plastic tubes were shown, clearly they are going to be doing some comparative runs for aero data...
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I asume weight (CofG)...elf341 wrote:The rear wing endplate actuator was another area that Mercedes went at alone against pit-lane concensus. What could be the reason for changing now?
Simplicity, their original hydraulic\cable operated system was straight forward until Schumacher's Canadian failure, the gearbox mounted actuator had to be revised to positively close the flap. Having a simple rear wing mounted actuator will have less parts, less to go wrong and less weight, albeit the small amount of remaining weight will be carried higher.elf341 wrote:The rear wing endplate actuator was another area that Mercedes went at alone against pit-lane concensus. What could be the reason for changing now?
Actually, the embarrasing fact is that the car seems to be much faster with the old exhaust than the new one, look at the enormous gap between Michael and Nico, Its funny and sad at the same time.wesley123 wrote:Okay that is just really, really embarassing
two failures in important situations this year..but why change so late in the season, lack of development capacity?scarbs wrote:Simplicity, their original hydraulic\cable operated system was straight forward until Schumacher's Canadian failure, the gearbox mounted actuator had to be revised to positively close the flap. Having a simple rear wing mounted actuator will have less parts, less to go wrong and less weight, albeit the small amount of remaining weight will be carried higher.elf341 wrote:The rear wing endplate actuator was another area that Mercedes went at alone against pit-lane concensus. What could be the reason for changing now?
