Mercedes AMG F1 W06

[pmneo]

Via AMuS

[Morteza]

[Helios]

via AMuS

[Sevach]

New FW endplates.

Engine cover a bit chubbier, might slim down on the race version.

[Helios]

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[Helios]

via AMuS

[Artur Craft]

From this angle, it's possible to make some comparisons with RB11:
http://img1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Nic ... 840437.jpg
http://f1tcdn.net/gallery/var/fullsizes ... l-rb11.jpg

Red Bull's coke bottle seems tighter and it's nose seems to feed more air towards that area

But the undercut area if very very interesting in that W06

[Blackout]

Air filter (placed higher?)

[Sevach]

[Jolle]

I don't know how it was with the W05, but the steering rods with the W06 are just in front of the lower wishbone.

edit: I see the W05 had them at the upper wishbone

[Jolle]

It also looks like the W06 is the only one of the works teams without blown front wheel nuts. Looking at the on/off lotus and ferrari had in the past with his system, it looks to me to be a bit of vapor wear development. In theorie it should work, but getting it to work is more difficult.

[George-Jung]

Hugo Boss logo not very well visible from the side.. they could better place it on the side of th air intake

[gandharva]

[Juzh]

From this angle, it's possible to make some comparisons with RB11:
http://img1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Nic ... 840437.jpg
http://f1tcdn.net/gallery/var/fullsizes ... l-rb11.jpg

Red Bull's coke bottle seems tighter and it's nose seems to feed more air towards that area

But the undercut area if very very interesting in that W06

Hard to differentiate from those pictures. Merc seems quite on par with the RB on coke bottle space imo. Need some good aerial shots.

[turbof1]

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