gray41 wrote:What number is Nico there? I can't see it.
You were right. It's a '6' but I think the probe will be removed for qualification and the race, making it more visible.
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Team: Toto Wolff (Executive Director - Business), Paddy Lowe (Executive Director - Technical), Andy Cowell (Executive Director of Mercedes AMG Powertrains), Niki Lauda (Chairman), Bob Bell (TD), Aldo Costa (ED), Geoffrey Willis (Technology Director), Ron Meadows (SD), Andrew Shovlin (CRE), Simon Cole (CTE), Matthew Dane (CM)
Drivers: Nico Rosberg (6), Lewis Hamilton (44)
Team name: Mercedes AMG F1 Petronas
gray41 wrote:What number is Nico there? I can't see it.
You were right. It's a '6' but I think the probe will be removed for qualification and the race, making it more visible.
AMUS reported that these new generation of Merc engines are more reliable and durable.diego.liv wrote:http://www.mercedesamgf1.com/en/news/20 ... -shanghai/
New PU for both drivers
Hamilton used it for 2 and a half weekends; same for Rosberg, AUS race he was cruising..they aren't going to throw in the trash these used PU, but why not 'stressing' the PU now that competition is far behind? Ofc they can use these PU on fridays and change them on Sats and Suns
Forgive me if there is something I missed, there's a lot of threads and pages regarding this sort of stuff.beelsebob wrote:No, there's three shafts. One runs from the hot side of the turbo to a clutch. A second runs from that clutch, through the MGU-H, to another clutch. A third runs from the second clutch to the compressor. This allows them to either
2. Engage only clutch 1. This allows the turbo to stop spinning the compressor, and put all of it's power into charging the batteries through the MGU-H.
The way I read that, the turbine always has to driving the compressor, because if it didn't there would be different angular velocity between the two?5.1.6
Pressure charging may only be effected by the use of a sole single stage compressor linked to
a sole single stage exhaust turbine by a shaft assembly parallel to the engine crankshaft and
within 25mm of the car centre line. The shaft must be designed so as to ensure that the shaft
assembly, the compressor and the turbine always rotate about a common axis and at the
same angular velocity, an electrical motor generator (MGU-H) may be directly coupled to it.
And this would be dissallowed also, if the compressor and turbine were on two seperate shafts the MGU-H wouldn't be able to drive the compressor alone?beelsebob wrote: 3. Engage only clutch 2. This allows the MGU-H to drive only the compressor, and not the hot side of the turbo, using less energy, and giving less turbo lag, as it can spin up the compressor faster.
The MGU-H must be solely mechanically linked to the exhaust turbine of a pressure charging
system. This mechanical link must be of fixed speed ratio to the exhaust turbine and may be
clutched
Indeed. I've made sure that we'll not be hearing anymore on this matter.Owen.C93 wrote: No, one guy who is often just making up BS thinks that. The rules state that there must be 8 forward gears and specifies a minimum weight and thickness.
Yes, it was mentioned a few times during testing that the "horns" assist the car aerodynamically.Shakeman wrote:Given that RB have got away with the internal mounting of the camera will Merc follow or do their "horns" benefit them aerodynamically more than an inboard camera would?
And I've cleaned out most of the posts about the fantasy I-want-to-stir-up-the-pot 7 speed gearbox. Thanks to those who set the record straight. I'm deleting your posts just to clean this mess out of the thread; no disrespect intended to you.richard_leeds wrote:Indeed. I've made sure that we'll not be hearing anymore on this matter.Owen.C93 wrote: No, one guy who is often just making up BS thinks that. The rules state that there must be 8 forward gears and specifies a minimum weight and thickness.
