Mercedes W07 Speculation Thread

[OO7]

Looks like it is sporting Ferrari SF15-T side pod cut outs on the forward, top, outside sections.

[kreuzass]

[FrukostScones]

nice huge air intake, as big as TR, only vertically split (ROS pic)....?

[SiLo]

In some pics it looks round, in some it looks like a oval laying on its side... Seems they are moving some cooling to the more turbulent parts of the car (centreline).

[ringo]

Those vertical fins by the mirrors are quite longer on this car. They look like there are really effective for the flow going around the middle of the car.
As for the airbox, i think they made a very bold move. They must have been highly optimized from last year and ran out of ideas. Brackley were never the best chassis makers, so maybe they are showing their true colours now, and redbull and ferrari will take back the lead with chassis refinement.
I'm not convinced that they will have the best chassis this year. Something tells me they are putting their chips on engine performance.
Torro Rosso had a really neat oil cooler design last year; with the cooler straddling the top of the fuel tank, maybe merc are trying something similar?

[Owen.C93]

[nevill3]

Edit...not quite quick enough.....

[aleks_ader]

Those vertical fins by the mirrors are quite longer on this car. They look like there are really effective for the flow going around the middle of the car.
As for the airbox, i think they made a very bold move. They must have been highly optimized from last year and ran out of ideas. Brackley were never the best chassis makers, so maybe they are showing their true colours now, and redbull and ferrari will take back the lead with chassis refinement.
I'm not convinced that they will have the best chassis this year. Something tells me they are putting their chips on engine performance.
Torro Rosso had a really neat oil cooler design last year; with the cooler straddling the top of the fuel tank, maybe merc are trying something similar?
http://img1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Tor ... 903195.jpg

I think those version is not reasonable for Merc PU. The front compressor prety well defined and so how prevent that. Why mess with that proven concept.

I think they just "expand" overall volume of rear "rads" witch sits on top of the gearbox. They probably sacrifice the CofG (densier or thicker rads) and some engine cover bulkiness (witch is already there - compare to Honda - bigger due, massive VLIM). They killed 2 bird with one stone:

-fill the void after PU plenum (VLIM) above low positioned turbo. So you need do that anyway, because engine cover is always preferably smooth transient shape. So there is no "death space" - incresed cooling efficiecy per internal volume.
-Provide the areodynamics designer to shrink the sidepod. And expose the option to rearrange or accommodate the flow structure toward diffuzor differently. Use more undercut in that area, use different cooling side exits in connection of downwash and upwash of rear wing (what a heck; whole rear to front domino efect ) etc.

[Blackout]

Edit

[Blackout]

http://i.imgur.com/orWZ4e8.jpg

So it's just black paint... not a heavy undercut...

Looks like it is sporting Ferrari SF15-T side pod cut outs on the forward, top, outside sections.

Indeed

[OO7]

Edit

The original Sky video quite strongly hints at a prominent undercut.

[OO7]

Anyone notice the blown front and rear axles?

[kreuzass]

Yes. What do you think why i have posted the picture of the weel and the wrench?
In this picture you can clearly see that the wrench is not the same like last year. has changed.

/edit
If there are blown wheels axles i do not know. Maybe. But i do not think so.

[OO7]

Yes. What do you think why i have posted the picture of the weel and the wrench?
In this picture you can cleary see that the wrench is not the same like last year. has changed.

/edit
If there are blown wheels axles i do not know. Maybe. But i do not think so.

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!

[kreuzass]

In the scetch it looks like blown wheels axles because there is black instead of the nuts with the white tip. Yes.

/edit
To clarify: Posted the picture because something has changed there an not because i saw blown wheels axels!