Mercedes F1 W05 Pre-launch Speculation

[Timstr]

Many teams have used the installation allowance at Silverstone before shipping the car to the winter tests. So it's not unreasonable.

I can't recall what Merc have done in previous years.

Same thing.

[FoxHound]

Mercedes have done filming days before.

The W04 had a Silverstone filming day last year, some regulars may recall the youtube videos of a blurry silberpfeil doing the rounds at exactly this time last year.
And the W03 had a jerez shakedown prior to its unveiling too.

[SectorOne]

Mercedes has been teasing all day. With all those noses we've seen until now and mercedes' behaviour it's getting close to cockteasing.

Now they posted a video, supposedly of their car...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkMh_PCf ... e=youtu.be

That sounds even better then the old V8!
Got some character instead of that sowing machine sound we had last year.

[ChrisF1]

Everybody looking for things on that blurred image are probably seeing mounted cameras distorting the shape anyway.

[Anon123]

Are my eyes playing tricks on me? It can't be that distorted because the wheel is still round.

[acosmichippo]

the wheel doesn't look that round to me. there are horizontal distortions all over the car.

[stefan_]

Are you really going to "analyse" that?

[SectorOne]

well you can clearly make out it´s a low nose on the car even though in the image that bit is a meter stretched out.

What´s interesting though is the periscope thing. I wonder what on the car is causing that.
Could be a camera as it´s a filming day perhaps.

[Del Boy]

I think it sounds pretty cool, love the whistle at the end!

Blow off valve at 0:09!? I'm surprised we can hear that despite the regs

There are no blow off valves. It's a compound turbo, the boost pressure is controlled by the turbine MGU.

[Blackout]

But if the MGUH fails? Renault says they'll use a wastegate for example, to protect the turbo. So why not a BOV to protect the compressor?

[Callum]

Is there a black nose in respect of Schumacher?

[zoro_f1]

this is ridiculous... let's wait and see the true picture... the teams always play some games before launching their cars.

[geraldix]

Both McLaren and Williams have enormous sidepods air intakes (can say that about the new Force India yet). Should we fear the new W05 will also feature fat sidepods, compared to that of the F14T, for example?

[zoro_f1]

[Anon123]

^ Old fan made render.

http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... 270#navbar

Both McLaren and Williams have enormous sidepods air intakes (can say that about the new Force India yet). Should we fear the new W05 will also feature fat sidepods, compared to that of the F14T, for example?

In the Ferrari thread they have said that the Ferrari sidepods will be fatter.