Mercedes AMG F1 W04 (pre-launch speculation)

[Hail22]

This as close anyone will get to seeing the W04 until Monday, so take your dog for a walk or read a nice book...

The only real photo of the W04 (from its crash structure test):



Looking forward to seeing it on Monday and piece together whether or not Mercedes has built a pearl

[Neno]

This as close anyone will get to seeing the W04 until Monday, so take your dog for a walk or read a nice book...

The only real photo of the W04 (from its crash structure test):

http://www.yallaf1.com/wp-content/uploa ... /img43.jpg

Looking forward to seeing it on Monday and piece together whether or not Mercedes has built a pearl

it look fast, definitly championship contender

[diego1960]

Air box is rounder than the triangular one that W01-W03 had and reminded of the McLarens from 1998-2003

[Morteza]

Air box is rounder than the triangular one that W01-W03 had and reminded of the McLarens from 1998-2003

That's a good sign. They were decent cars

[MercAMGF1Fans]

Here we go

yeah I did that on Photoshop.. back at Christmas.. looks like i wasn't far off!

[wesley123]

Dont know how you can say that from a low res rendered W03 with a nose cover panel.

[Cocles]

As a yank, I have to ask, what am I seeing in this thread?

Armchair Engineers trying to show they're moxie by criticizing celebrity engineers?
Standard F1Tech Merc thread defeatism?
Or is this, at long last, a sample of that famous British pessimism I've heard about?

I'd have to visit a UFO conspiracy site to find as much crying over a fuzzy photo that shows virtually nothing.

Cool, a vanity plate on the nose! Looks better. Guess we'll have to wait until Monday for the rest.

Oh... and I really liked the livery on the W03/W04. From what I understand, it looks even better in person. I agree that the W01 was blah. The best livery though was the speculation one that the press used in 2009 when the Mercedes purchase was first announced.

[Phillyred]

I look forward to the debate as to if the W04 is a faster car than previous years or does Hamilton really just outperform a relatively average car much like Alonso did most of 2012.. I will look to Rosberg's performance to answer this question.

[Morteza]

[MercAMGF1Fans]

Time to bring up the old chestnut.. Mercury suspension anyone?

[MercAMGF1Fans]

the endplates.. trailing edge has got 2 "uprights"

[AMG.Tzan]

Here you go...we need someone to edit this one!

[matt_b]

Looking at the size of that rear wing you would think its their Monza spec car (Someone hasn't cropped the top correctly) Gonna have to wait until monday people to get a good view of the actual W04.

[AMG.Tzan]

Well i did it myself!...didn't know it's that easy! yes that rear wing is a bit of mystery! why so skinny??

[pocketmoon]