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: Lewis Hamilton (44), Nico Rosberg (6)
Team name: Mercedes AMG F1 Petronas
#aerogollumturbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
Power wasn't the problem, grip was..poz wrote:Leo Turrini (an Italian journalist) Blog reports an idea from a an engineer: Merc has a small intercooler (smaller than Ferrari and Renault ones) that in very hot and humid condition (Malaysia, Singapore) can't cool enough
The tourqe curve of the Mercedes engine is so brutal so the rear tyres becomes overheated if the driver is not gentle enough with the throttle. Already last year they wanted wider rear tyres to get their power down.mrluke wrote:But it wasn't just Mercedes, none of the merc powered teams did very well.PlatinumZealot wrote:Singapore is very bumpy and it has true high traffic streets also. Remember lewis said he could heat his tyres up to temperature on his out laps but could not get further increase in his hot laps. His tyres actually cooled down. This is because the mercedes was not working the tyre as hard as the other cars. It could be scrub radius it could be the front wheel damper setup.... A lot of things. We know ther aero balance was there though. Hamilton confirmed he had good balance.
The only thing I can think of is that the merc teams have a set up which is much kinder to their tyres due to the higher power available (maybe?) meaning they can struggle to get enough heat into them on some tracks.
But....difficult to explain why so good at Monaco and so bad at Singapore.
Is it maybe heat and mguh/k related? I haven't seen side by side laps with the Ferrari to see where they lose out but heard its in the acceleration zones?
Odd.
I believe that is a gurney flap..tranquility2k4 wrote:Is that a new FW for Merc? What's the black bit on the rear most flap?
Williams did ok for theri standards. This was not a PU related problem. It was specific to the mercedes team.mrluke wrote: But it wasn't just Mercedes, none of the merc powered teams did very well.
Suzuka FP1:SiLo wrote:I expect Mercedes to top the timesheet in all the sessions in Japan. I'd be surprised if that wasn't just a one off because they completely missed the mark with setup.
