Mercedes AMG F1 W05

[Owen.C93]

Nowadays they probably consider the monkey seat to be part of the rear wing.

[f1rules]

what a nice clean rear

[f1rules]

and what a nice complex layout of flow conditioners and vortex generators, amazing this car really is something

[PlatinumZealot]

Looks like a geological structure sculpted by the winds of time...

[stefan_]

Great Britain Test - Wednesday (09.07.2014)

[foxmulder_ms]

I would put the front wing of this car in my living room as an art object! It looks great.

[dans79]

Does anyone know if they ran without FRIC during testing?

[pmneo]

Amus wrote that Merc will not run FRIC at Hockenheim! (Source: http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/form ... 53531.html)

So i would guess that they ran without FRIC during testing ..

[kooleracer]

Amus wrote that Merc will not run FRIC at Hockenheim! (Source: http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/form ... 53531.html)

So i would guess that they ran without FRIC during testing ..

After the spin of Lewis, Mercedes stripped the whole car it took 5-6 hours Mercedes said it was an engine change but I think they would have removed the FRIC system and run the car without to see how it behaves.

[MercAMGF1Fans]

Amus wrote that Merc will not run FRIC at Hockenheim! (Source: http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/form ... 53531.html)

So i would guess that they ran without FRIC during testing ..

Apparently the car is faster without FRIC.. dunno how, but don't care!

[Juzh]

Amus wrote that Merc will not run FRIC at Hockenheim! (Source: http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/form ... 53531.html)

So i would guess that they ran without FRIC during testing ..

Apparently the car is faster without FRIC.. dunno how, but don't care!

That makes no sense at all.

[NewtonMeter]

Amus wrote that Merc will not run FRIC at Hockenheim! (Source: http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/form ... 53531.html)

So i would guess that they ran without FRIC during testing ..

Apparently the car is faster without FRIC.. dunno how, but don't care!

Was that in the article? My german is so bad, I understand more with google translate (which itself is pretty bad).

It may also mean faster over one lap, but slower over a race distance. Or vice versa. Just playing devils advocate here.

[aral]

After the spin of Lewis, Mercedes stripped the whole car it took 5-6 hours Mercedes said it was an engine change but I think they would have removed the FRIC system and run the car without to see how it behaves.

To run the car without fric only requires the hydraulic link to be isolated. A job that might take 30 mins at the most. Others who disabled their fric, were able to continue running, so why not Merc?

[Just_a_fan]

Amus wrote that Merc will not run FRIC at Hockenheim! (Source: http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/form ... 53531.html)

So i would guess that they ran without FRIC during testing ..

Apparently the car is faster without FRIC.. dunno how, but don't care!

That makes no sense at all.

It could be quicker over a single lap but wear the tyres quicker and so be slower over a race...

[ringo]

After the spin of Lewis, Mercedes stripped the whole car it took 5-6 hours Mercedes said it was an engine change but I think they would have removed the FRIC system and run the car without to see how it behaves.

To run the car without fric only requires the hydraulic link to be isolated. A job that might take 30 mins at the most. Others who disabled their fric, were able to continue running, so why not Merc?

Could be very integrated into the car. Not sure where you get your time estimates from though. How did you come up with 30 minutes?
I think the car can be faster without it. This assumes Hamilton is probably feeling more confident without the FRIC, but as said before there may be drawbacks with respect to race pace and also tyre degradation. Remember how bad mercedes used to be with tyre wear?