Mercedes W15

[Lasssept]

Baku

[cplchanb]

looks like theyre pausing the new floor this race until they figure it out:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/merc ... /10653530/

[Lasssept]

[atanatizante]

Is this a vanity panel or just some aero fairing track-specific update?

[Lasssept]

Monza


Baku

[GrizzleBoy]

They made spqce to put DAS mechanism back in.

Very cheeky of them.

On a serious note, did they raise the area below the halo mount, or did they maybe drop the area all around it?

Kimi is small so maybe theyre getting ready for him by improving visibility.

[Farnborough]

To fit the aircon unit for driver comfort ?

More seriously, can't remember how recently they used the jagged "plexi" screen that appeared to break surface airflow on it's approach to driver area.

Wonder if it's a replacement for something like that.

[atanatizante]

[Rootsap]

They made spqce to put DAS mechanism back in.

Very cheeky of them.

On a serious note, did they raise the area below the halo mount, or did they maybe drop the area all around it?

Kimi is small so maybe theyre getting ready for him by improving visibility.

Looks like they raised the bodywork, you can see there is more space between the steering wheel and the bodywork, also more of the steering wheel rod is visible

[Lasssept]

Flow-vis

[zioture]

[214270]

What’s that all about?

[Ozan]

i think merc engineers should ditch the floor upgrade and focus on sidepod upgrade like overbite on ferrari/mclaren etc

[venkyhere]

won't this 'elevated' portion where nose meets cockpit, interfere with the line of sight of the driver ? Driver's eyes are barely a little bit above the steering, and even a few mm change here can hide things like painted lines on tarmac, any debris to be avoided etc. There must be some aero benefit otherwise no one would do this, but has it gone too far, compromising the driver's vision ?
Honestly, this is stupid if the drivers have to learn to adopt to different visual cues in their field of vision.