Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+

[Juzh]

"enhance..."

[PlatinumZealot]

Could be a pitot tube.

[Jolle]

"enhance..."

https://image.ibb.co/d2i0Vx/DWq0_G8_VWAAECng1.jpg

Mercedes is also one of the few or even only one to have the rear pull rod in-between the wishbones instead of having it pointed forward quite a bit. This would mean that the spring and dampers are all the way back, on the differential instead of somewhere at the front of the gearbox.

[siskue2005]

Did they just fool us all with 2017 car with a halo and new engine cover??

[nevill3]

A quick edit and I have superimposed the cars and deleted most of the background and Halo and tinted this years car

[Manoah2u]

there's a saying;

"never change a winning recipe"

might go up here.
nevertheless, interesting find.

[PlatinumZealot]

Did they just fool us all with 2017 car with a halo and new engine cover??
https://i.redd.it/bdqjr9dw2uh01.jpg

The chassis might be near identical to the old one.. But new front and rear suspensions architecture should get rid of our major weaknesses .

[LightningLewis]

From AMuS about the halo:
[From Google Translate]
There is a [one]. But it is a bit different than our competitors, "smiles Allison. He also says, "We were able to fully compensate for the aerodynamic disadvantages of the Halo. The Aero is as good as if we were driving without Halo. "

[wesley123]

https://s14.postimg.org/p41n5w96p/2018- ... m_1649.jpg

https://s14.postimg.org/gztj0q77l/2018- ... tone-2.jpg

https://s14.postimg.org/j4dw1uykh/2018- ... View_Z.jpg

Are those cuts in the floor new?

Maybe that`s their answer to Ferrari`s & Red Bull`s having practically another rear wing in front of the side-pods air intakes ... Hope these floor cuts are in the same vertical plane of car`s CoG in order to further increase mid and also overall car`s DF ...

And on another note is it me or now they have narrower hence smaller sidepods air-intakes?

The slot isn't anything new, Mercedes ran them from the very start of 2017. This solution also doesn't have generating downforce in its own right as it's goal; The solution is mostly aimed around airflow under the floor, the effect tire wake has and the creation/continuation of vortices.

[Ishwar030]

Mercedes W09 around Silverstone

[Manoah2u]

From AMuS about the halo:
[From Google Translate]
There is a [one]. But it is a bit different than our competitors, "smiles Allison. He also says, "We were able to fully compensate for the aerodynamic disadvantages of the Halo. The Aero is as good as if we were driving without Halo. "

i assume he compares that to 2017.

its simple that if you'd take the halo away from the 2018 car, there's less drag and 'airflow pollution' that the halo does cause. they simply did a extremely good job as they themselves claim.

will see. i don't expect mercedes to disappoint anyway. but i'm curious.

i do also take self-expressed-claims with a grain of salt though. "Our experts from Oral B whitening reccomand Oral B whitening toothpaste."

I do expect Ferrari and RedBull to be much closer than last year. Mclaren is the big question mark in the bunch. They could either be right there in the mix, or still, far behind.

[PhillipM]

That rather depends on whether with slats and vortex generators up there they can better direct the air even with the blockage.

The best way to look at it - if the bodywork rules were open in that area, would the teams put wings/control surfaces there?

[Vanja #66]

Are there any studio photos of the car yet?

[Morteza]

Are there any studio photos of the car yet?

There are, but I cannot embed the photos.
Here's the link:
https://www.racefans.net/2018/02/22/mer ... -car-2018/

[Vanja #66]

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