Mercedes AMG F1 W05

[OO7]

A look inside the sidepods, from Blackout's picture. Zoom and enhance!

Those pipes (exhaust pipes?) we se under the bodywork, and their location, look strange to me. And what are those silver things near the floor at each side of the gearbox?
http://www.formula1.com/wi/enlarge/0x0/ ... 1ja047.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/542/ilgr.png

Looks like the exhausts bending up to join with the turbo to me.

I agree, shrouded exhausts to conserve thermal energy.

[smlbstcbr]

A look inside the sidepods, from Blackout's picture. Zoom and enhance!

Beautiful.

[Richard]

A quick reminder that this thread is meant to focus on the specific features of this car.

Discussion of the power units is here http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... ead#unread

We also have a yin yang about Merc having an extra 100hp, or 10, or perhaps zero. http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... ead#unread

[mclaren_mircea]

@richard_leeds

Richard,I admire you how much patience you have with all the people on this forum. Every error on the car page you direct them on the appropiate page thread. On another forums the administrator just bans you after several errors and game over. I'm glad that this forum is so friendly to the people =D>

[Crucial_Xtreme]

GA on the Merc chassis & front suspension.


via AutoSport

[Blackout]

It's me or there is a mistake in the right hand column; he should have said: ''but instead of sweeping the bottom of the chassis downwards to match the upper surface profile'' instead of ''upwards''

[beelsebob]

It's me or there is a mistake in the right hand column; he should have said: ''but instead of sweeping the bottom of the chassis downwards to match the upper surface profile'' instead of ''upwards''

It's you – he's saying that the bottom of the chassis could be higher, but they chose not to move it up there.

[FrukostScones]

different versions of paneling , found on Automotorundsport.de



monkey seat monkey do

[dren]

They also have cooling exits by the driver's head in the second picture.

[turbof1]

GA on the Merc chassis & front suspension.

http://imageshack.com/a/img836/5599/zy0g.jpg
via AutoSport

Nice spot from GA. They effectively turned the suspension into vertical turning vanes. Should work in conjunction with the front wing; mercedes had right from the get go all kinds of aero details to shape airflow around the tyres.

Edit: the turning vane-suspension also looks to be working with the brake duct, shaped as a sort of endplate perhaps? Looks all to minimize interaction with the wheel wake.

[SectorOne]

http://img4.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mer ... 754482.jpg

I really hope that´s the cold weather and hot weather package they are running and not something they were forced to do just to create more cooling.

Coke bottle is quite incredible as well.

[dren]

Yes, everything looks very neat, tidy and deliberate on this car. The devil is in the details. The rear end is very neat and devoid of clutter. I wonder if going that route is better than some of the more cluttered rears like on the STR.

[turbof1]

Yes, everything looks very neat, tidy and deliberate on this car. The devil is in the details. The rear end is very neat and devoid of clutter. I wonder if going that route is better than some of the more cluttered rears like on the STR.

I think the rear will end up cluttered (cluttered, not opened-up bodywork like the str-9). However, this was a very good base to get reliable data. Very important to note is that the front of the car was very detailed, but the middle and especially the rear were more void of that. This help to better understand how airflow behaves at the front and how well they reach their target in setting up airflow structures to the middle and rear. Now that they got a clear aero map of that, they can start on focussing on the middle and the rear to extract the most out of those airflow structures.

In Bahrain we'll see a lot of aero testing on this car.

[kooleracer]

http://img4.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mer ... 754482.jpg

different versions of paneling , found on Automotorundsport.de

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mer ... 754483.jpg

monkey seat monkey do

On the last day Nico run without the cooling vents near the drivers head. Its all about collecting data and finding the optimum cooling and aero solution. But like last year Mercedes brings bodywork jigsaws to the test and later the solve the jigsaw and made a 1 part solution. The rear of the car is not finished yet because the cooling parameters weren't in yet. So they didn't know how tight they could make the package and you don't want to go too extreme like Red Bull. It could also be they were testing a cold and hot weather cooling solutions. The Bahrain test will give more clarity on the packaging of the rear of the car. Lets hope that the final solution is the picture on top.

[turbof1]

http://img4.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mer ... 754482.jpg

different versions of paneling , found on Automotorundsport.de

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mer ... 754483.jpg

monkey seat monkey do

On the last day Nico run without the cooling vents near the drivers head. Its all about collecting data and finding the optimum cooling and aero solution. But like last year Mercedes brings bodywork jigsaws to the test and later the solve the jigsaw and made a 1 part solution. The rear of the car is not finished yet because the cooling parameters weren't in yet. So they didn't know how tight they could make the package and you don't want to go too extreme like Red Bull. I could also be they were testing a cold and hot weather cooling solutions. The Bahrain test will more clarity on the packaging of the rear of the car. Lets hope that the final solution is the picture on top.

Concerning cooling they always were extremer then Red Bull. Remember, Redbull has 2 big cooling outlets coming out of the coke bottle; the mercedes ones which are placed more in line of the sidepods are much smaller.