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Mercedes AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance

Team: Toto Wolff (Executive Director), James Allison (Technical Director), Andy Cowell (Executive Director of Mercedes AMG Powertrains), Aldo Costa (Technical advisor), Mike Elliot (Technology Director), Mark Ellis (PD), Geoffrey Willis (Director of Digital Engineering Transformation), Ron Meadows (SD), Andrew Shovlin (Trackside Engineering Director), Simon Cole (CTE), Matthew Deane (CM), Loic Serra (HVD), John Owen (CD), Ashley Way (DCD), Rob Thomas (COO), Loic Serra (Performance Director), Jarrod Murphy (HA), Eric Blandin (CA)
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (44), Valtteri Bottas (77), Stoffel Vandoorne (reserve), Esteban Gutierrez (reserve)
Team name: Mercedes AMG F1 Petronas
Major partners: Petronas, Ineos, UBS, Epson, Bose, Tommy Hilfiger, IWS Schaffhausen, Hewlet Packard, Pure Storage, Crowdstrike, Tibco, AMD

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According to James Allison the winter testing car was finalized before christmas and upgrades are seeing now were developed during the Spring months.

The DAS mechanism which added 2 kg of weight in first version is now much lighter.

Wider, now concave diffuser side walls.

Single rear wing pylon configuration selected. New rear wing slots.

New rear view mirror stalks

Revised S-duct?

New livery.

Anything else?
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Blackout wrote: ↑
02 Jul 2020, 17:23
 https://i.imgur.com/8V2wNza.jpg
I knew modern F1 cars were too long, but this is stretching it too far :wink: :wink: :lol:
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Blackout wrote: ↑
02 Jul 2020, 17:23
 https://i.imgur.com/8V2wNza.jpg
The lenght of these cars is getting out of haaaaaaand.
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:lol:
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Mercedes thought the new black livery would skillfuly hide the secret fuel bladders...
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PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑
02 Jul 2020, 18:49
 According to James Allison the winter testing car was finalized before christmas and upgrades are seeing now were developed during the Spring months.

The DAS mechanism which added 2 kg of weight in first version is now much lighter.

Wider, now concave diffuser side walls.

Single rear wing pylon configuration selected. New rear wing slots.

New rear view mirror stalks

Revised S-duct?

New livery.

Anything else?
Front wheel hubs / brake ducts are slightly revised.
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Morteza wrote: ↑
02 Jul 2020, 17:42
HungarianRacer wrote: ↑
02 Jul 2020, 15:14
 New rear wing endplates too (extended hanging vanes above the rear tyre):

https://i.imgur.com/eGqLzii.jpg

Old:

https://i.imgur.com/yJ3MFYJ.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb7oqUFVAAY ... ame=medium
Is it a matter of perspective, or have the number of step cuts in the top of the end plate been altered as well?
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No strakes/spikes sticking out from under the front leading edge of the floor (behind the bargeboards)?.... I find that odd, definitely goes against modern design trends...
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Good side-by-side comparison shot of both the rear wing and mirror stalk differences.

via @SomersF1 (Matthew Somerfield):

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HungarianRacer wrote: ↑
02 Jul 2020, 21:46
No strakes/spikes sticking out from under the front leading edge of the floor (behind the bargeboards)?.... I find that odd, definitely goes against modern design trends...
Maybe they weren't installed yet at that point. They would be a vulnerable part, so one that should be designed to be changed/removed/replaced easily, thus a part that would be placed on after the floor is affixed to the car.
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HungarianRacer wrote: ↑
02 Jul 2020, 21:46
No strakes/spikes sticking out from under the front leading edge of the floor (behind the bargeboards)?.... I find that odd, definitely goes against modern design trends...
The image is of the top of the floor so you would not see any strakes etc.
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The winglet on top of the suspension arm is also relocated, isn't it?

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Is that two slightly different iterations of the nose there for Bottas (the two front wings in the background)?

Looks like one slightly more raised at the tip than the other.
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