PlatinumZealot wrote:You mean old nose.. The one without the bulge was used first IIRC.
George-Jung wrote:Could someone point out the difference.. I cannot see it
The tip no longer has the little carbon bulb underneath, the tip also appears to have been re-profiled.Sevach wrote:
Looks different to me as well, less bulge on the tip & the underside.SectorOne wrote:Scarbs saying itยดs the same nose and underside.
Looks different to me though.
If you mean tightening the bodywork they have at least three different engine covers with different degree of opening that they try as early as winter testing each year. Hot tracks use the ones with the bigger openings and cool tracks such as Austria will use the covers with the smaller openings.Blaze1 wrote:It is definitely a different nose.
Also Mercedes had tightened the rear packaging around the exhaust and cooling exits:
Spanish GP:
Austrian GP:
It looks again like Mercedes have copied the solution Red Bull were using a few races ago.
The version used in Spain and a few other races was the tightest version, with the Monaco spec being more open, to offer additional cooling. The spec in Austria is a new development and is tighter than all previous versions. I believe it is a further refinement of Spanish spec.PlatinumZealot wrote:If you mean tightening the bodywork they have at least three different engine covers with different degree of opening that they try as early as winter testing each year. Hot tracks use the ones with the bigger openings and cool tracks such as Austria will use the covers with the smaller openings.
The paint seems to extend a little further around the tip, which gives the illusion that the nose has changed.dans79 wrote:Looks different to me as well, less bulge on the tip & the underside.SectorOne wrote:Scarbs saying itยดs the same nose and underside.
Looks different to me though.
It is a Lotus style nose. The previous iteration had a rounded bulge underneath, while the current version has a uniform horizontal section, more akin to an inverted ramp. I also think the new nose is ever so slightly wider.wesley123 wrote:The paint seems to extend a little further around the tip, which gives the illusion that the nose has changed.dans79 wrote:Looks different to me as well, less bulge on the tip & the underside.SectorOne wrote:Scarbs saying itยดs the same nose and underside.
Looks different to me though.