Team: Bob Bell (TD), Aldo Costa (ED), Geoff Willis (Technology Director), Andrew Shovlin (CRE), Simon Cole (CTE), Ron Meadows (SD), Matthew Deane (CM), Ross Brawn (TP), Nick Fry (CEO), Toto Wolff (Exec Director), Andy Cowell (MD of powertrain),
Drivers: Nico Rosberg (9), Lewis Hamilton (10)
Team name: Mercedes AMG Petronas
They don't create downforce but they can still be positioned to manipulate the airflow which can affect the performance of the downforce producing elements downstream of them.astracrazy wrote:i'm not sure it makes any? are they not a neutral aerofoil shape?gray41 wrote:It would be good to know how much of a difference the nose camera position makes.
They need those cooling slots probably only because they don't have a huge exit at the back of the engine cover like Red Bull for example.Mandrake wrote:Without judging any times at the moment the car looks a lot better than last seasons.
There is no constant modification to different parts anymore, the discoloration issues have been solved by those black patches. The only thing "different" from other teams is the necesity for cooling openings on the sidepods.
Very sad to see though that it took them (or MSC) 3 years to reorganise and now MSC is not there to benefit. I would feel very very very sorry for him if MGP fought regularly for podiums this year.
They're placed behind and above the mainplane so that the effective bi-element airfoil works as a somewhat negatively cambered section.astracrazy wrote:i'm not sure it makes any? are they not a neutral aerofoil shape?gray41 wrote:It would be good to know how much of a difference the nose camera position makes.
Its just the angle of the photo. Look closely at lefthandone and you will see the shapedg of the corner. Thecurved par goes forwar, and is obscured by the squared sectionon the right hand side.atanatizante wrote:
Is it me or just (on the left side of the diffuser`s edge) the Gurney flap is rounded instead of squared like the right one?
Maybe they are playing around with the exhausts flow and it will end adopting RB double Gurney style.
Seems to be room for lots of development in this area ...
Tell me why did it take so long time for those trained aero engineers to adopt coanda exhaust? And even when they did, it didn't work properly, they went back to old exhaust in Brasil.beelsebob wrote:Okay, so, we have established that copying other teams innovations is a common thing in F1; that Mercedes has done it in the past; that Mercedes have tools like CFD and a wind tunnel to tell them whether something provides the L/D they're after; and that they still have not put them on the car. This tells you something.
What it tells you is that Mercedes' engineers have looked at them, and decided that they do not provide the necessary benefits on their car.
What it does not tell you is that you know better than a bunch of trained aero engineers working on an F1 car with a bunch of advanced tools about what a complex aero device does.
