Blaze1 wrote: ↑13 Jul 2019, 20:04
zibby43 wrote: ↑13 Jul 2019, 19:49
roon wrote: ↑13 Jul 2019, 19:08
Ha. "I believe nothing, not even my own eyes, until a journalist tells me to." Lighting and liveries will not explain why the engine cover bulges up on the 44 car.
Look at the chimney/turbine cooling outlet. A feature present on the Mercs for several seasons. It intersects the sharkfin. The angle of the bodywork is different in this area. Use the cooling outlet as a reference point. 77 closer to horizontal. 44, greater angle.
https://i.imgur.com/WAZyQai.jpg
These are photos at the same area of the track at approx the same angle. Contour specular highlights will not change drastically in such contexts. If that were so, the cars would appear as blinking strobe lights, reflections darting around upon their surfaces at slight movement.
Interesting way of twisting my words. I think I've been respectful to you and everyone else in this thread. Even if I disagree with someone, I don't feel the need to resort to condescending comments over pictures of race cars on the Internet lol.
I was merely asking if anyone else that does this professionally had noticed such an obvious change.
I see and acknowledge the difference in the orientation of the cutout you pointed out above.
From qualifying today:
https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/upl ... 648-30.jpg
It looked to me like they both ran the Austria spec cooling (non-engine cover 'S-curve'), so covers like these:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-ErPzzX4AEPc2F.jpg
https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... mg-f-1.jpg
But even those two look very slightly different.
I've spent way too much time looking at engine covers this AM (
), but you've been polite and very thorough in your continuing defense of your position.
I do now see the
very subtle difference in the shape of fin's base contour (on HAM's car in the photos you marked with the red line).
When I started to go back to look at engine covers from past races, I noticed that the number, shape, and location of access ports in the cover change quite frequently.
What I'm wondering is:
a) Was this really a new specification?
b) Why, if it is related to a cooling improvement, would both cars not be running it at some point during the weekend? Was it never on Bottas' car?
Almost every time Merc has run a brand new update, we see each car give it a shot at some point. When already introduced parts that have been tested earlier in the season are being evaluated for a specific circuit (i.e., different rear wing specs), I've seen just one car run the parts.