Mercedes AMG F1 W03 (pre-launch speculation)

[FrukostScones]

the official teasing photo:



i think it has the ugliest bump!

What is going on with the Airbox and rollhoop? Blacked out, or crazy new design

Looks long, looks Mclarenish, looks nice... I see the prices falling, lol.

Ugly bump my a$$!

[yace]

no it's just the fia antena

[FrukostScones]

no it's just the fia antena

yeah, because it is more than 400mm wide?!

[Coefficient]

no it's just the fia antena

yeah, because it is more than 400mm wide?!

Can anyone brighten this up a bit in photoshop or something?

[yace]

400mm??? i think you mixed the cockpit area up with the airbox

[Hail22]

Is it me or is that the old 2009/2010 Shark fin running from the air inlet to the wing?!

I thought that was banned?

[gray41]

The dark areas of the picture are actually dark it can't be lightened

[FrukostScones]

Is it me or is that the old 2009/2010 Shark fin running from the air inlet to the wing?!

I thought that was banned?

sorry, but we look from the top, so we have no clue how high this ridge is....
(and it most probably goes from high to low)

[retpog55]

Well atleast this is a SMALL STEP UP atleast from those ugly fat sidepods last year.

Mighty long car. Have to say. Candidate for the longest in the grid.

Candidate for the longest of all time in my eyes!

Haha, this image has just thrown up so many more questions than answers, i almost wish they hadnt released it. Someone should really adopt this colour scheme though, black, silver and turquoise looks the works.

[Hail22]

She is a long girl...interesting how she will fair at Monaco/Singapore xD

Hopefully its going to look better then this....

[Joie de vivre]

i see old FW

[Mr.S]

i see old FW

Obviously FW's can be easily copied. Dont expect the NEW Front WING before the 2nd Barcelona test. Same with most others.

I doubt most people will debut the Front Wings to be races in Australia anywhere before the last test.

[FrukostScones]

400mm??? i think you mixed the cockpit area up with the airbox

=D> The cockpit, really on top of the engine? Now I know why they skipped the first test, that is an invention they don't want to be copied quickly!
Take a ruler and measure it yourself... If you know the dimesions of an F1 car it should not be to difficult for you. And maybe it is not the airbox I-m referring to, but the area around it seems interesting to me.
Maybe the shape only appears to be there because of this crappy teaser pic.

[Hail22]

400mm??? i think you mixed the cockpit area up with the airbox

=D> The cockpit, really on top of the engine? Now I know why they skipped the first test, that is an invention they don't want to be copied quickly!
Take a ruler and measure it yourself... If you know the dimesions of an F1 car it should not be to difficult for you. And maybe it is not the airbox I-m referring to, but the area around it seems interesting to me.
Maybe the shape only appears to be there because of this crappy teaser pic.

Your onto something it looks similar to Ferraris double air box system, however the dimensions seem to show a more boxed approach.

Also look next to the air intake for the engine, there seems to be a part missing/precision cut hole (possible kers cooling?).

[shelly]

About the black rectangle and fia camera. the f2012 top view comparison is a good reference. Width of the black rectangle seems compaible with width of the camera; the longitudinal position seems a bit rearward, but it could be due to different perspective.

Besides that, no teaser from the other teams has shown a modified picture of the real car: why should merc behave differently? As dome other poster pointed out, it would be nice to have a comparison with the w02 in top view (from launch or from pits).