Mercedes GP MGP W01

[raymondu999]

I thought that was just the "mounting" for their half-donut f-duct thing?

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

Merc not looking too bad, especially in Rosbergs hands.

Schumacher has mentioned an "unstable rear end", but with these cooler conditions in FP2 it appears Mercedes can at least use the option tyre effectively.

[vealio]

Could someone explain to me how the new rear wing works?
For me it looks like something is "missing" in the middle part of the wing.

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

Could someone explain to me how the new rear wing works?
For me it looks like something is "missing" in the middle part of the wing.

That is a slot for the F-duct which runs up the rear wing supports.

[marcush.]

Merc not looking too bad, especially in Rosbergs hands.

Schumacher has mentioned an "unstable rear end", but with these cooler conditions in FP2 it appears Mercedes can at least use the option tyre effectively.

hey ..c´mon, Pastit was a huge 2 tenth slower than Rosberg ...you would not interpret something like a superiority for Brittney into it ,would you?

[ESPImperium]

Can some one find out wether Schumacher has a brand new chassis for this event, i heard a rumor that the test chassis was getting made the T chassis now and MS was gettting a new fresh out of the mould chassis.

[siskue2005]

how can they be so slow in straights??
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/ ... _trap.html

[wesley123]

because their car is draggy

[Yups]

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New diffuser?

[Morteza]

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New diffuser?

It looks new to me and it is actually!

I'm wondering why the front wing has remained intact

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

New diffuser?

Well spotted, indeed it does look new.

how can they be so slow in straights??
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/ ... _trap.html

I personally think Mercedes didn't use the F-duct today. They were around the top ten in silverstone for top speed, and this refined F-duct is meant to work more effectively. We will see by FP3 tommorow morning

Also being that slow and 6/10ths off Alonso is quite an achievement in itself. Maybe Mercedes have a surprise for us? [-o<

[ringo]

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New diffuser?

Looks like the ferrari, but simpler. Something tells me these Honda guys don't really know what they are doing.
Nothing innovative on this car besides a roll hoop. The diffuser is very simple compared to even the sauber.
Mercedes showing their true "earth dreams" colours, now that the big money is gone.

[RacingManiac]

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New diffuser?

Looks like the ferrari, but simpler. Something tells me these Honda guys don't really know what they are doing.
Nothing innovative on this car besides a roll hoop. The diffuser is very simple compared to even the sauber.
Mercedes showing their true "earth dreams" colours, now that the big money is gone.

IMO even with the big money the only reason they dominated(at first) was the extended development time and the DDD debacle....

[wesley123]

imo the more i look at it the more i think the car is crap, there is no pace at all in the car, and i doubt it is the tires, tires might be a problem but even if that is solved they wont be going anywhere better.

[raymondu999]

That diffuser looks like they poached Ferrari's design