Mercedes W07 Speculation Thread

[Helios]

Can't wait. This winter break has been going on for way too long.

[Jordan44]

https://twitter.com/f1___talk/status/700647750141018113 Disappointing... Are we expecting more of a noise difference when the wastegate opens?

[Chubbs]

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/ ... ilverstone

[superdowg316]

W07 First Look


Either that's a bad angle or that is one '90's BAR/Jordan airbox.

[danwilkie90]

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sp ... 6-mercedes

First footage of W07.

[medeni73]

Rear really tight and huge Airbox !!!

[Jordan44]

Video here. Supposedly is louder...

[gray41]

unpainted rear wing.

[ajprice]

The Sky video above on the Sky website. http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12472/ ... -shakedown

[Silent Storm]

https://twitter.com/skysportsf1/status/ ... 8401391616 Nose seems even smaller than before. https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/700659614925213696

[hamilton#1]

https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/statu ... 6857365505

[turbof1]

I'm prepping a switch to the official W07 topic. As soon as we have some good high res pictures, it'll happen. Remember:

-Absolutely no livery talk in the car topic. Liveries are by nature topics assigned to the team thread, and should be discussed there. Posts about liveries in the car thread will be removed.

-Discussion about the car's hardware only. No discussion about the laptimes (should be discussed in the testing or race threads). No speculation or rumors towards future features of the car; no speculation about the competitive performance (car beats car B but car C, etc.). Such discussions will be removed as well.

-Discussion about the Power Unit should belong in its respective PU topic. How the car's chassis and bodywork is adapted to it remains in the car thread, but pure features of the PU don't go there. Since this is quite a grey area, we will not remove transgressions on that front, but will move them when appropiate.

That might sound strict and is infact so, but this is done to safeguard the topic quality. We will be very thorough about that this year! If you don't find anything worthwhile to post, please resist the urge and do not post. There is nothing wrong with that and is infact the better option when there's nothing new.

[ME4ME]

https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/statu ... 6857365505

That does sound louder then in previous years.

[gray41]

Airbox looks like its split and also massive.

[Mark4211]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CblBEx3UcAAm6Q7.jpg

Airbox looks like its split and also massive.

It's huge! Surely the 2016 Mercedes PU doesn't need so much cooling, does it? Unless it's team specific.