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If you look at the little video of the car being pushed backwards into the box, you can see the mechanic on the RHS sticking a cooler into the top of the sidepod near the mirror. You can see it sticking out while the car is pushed back as well. That wouldn't work when the inlet is on the underside.
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That’s the rb19 being pushed back into the garage. Not sure why that is in this clip.
The car being pushed back in to garage 06 is the RB19.
EDIT: I'm not sure this footage is all from today, seems to be somebody has cobbled together footage from twitter and tried to make out like they were actually there.
If you look at the little video of the car being pushed backwards into the box, you can see the mechanic on the RHS sticking a cooler into the top of the sidepod near the mirror. You can see it sticking out while the car is pushed back as well. That wouldn't work when the inlet is on the underside.
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That is the rb19 which was at Silverstone yesterday
Ironic jokes aside, and of course with speculation, resemblances to the W14 on the alleged RB20 make some slight sense. Ever since the W13 the biggest limiting factor for Mercedes has been platform control (porpoising and ride height sensitivity) and aero efficiency (itself partially a consequence of the former). I don't think they have ever struggled for downforce generation.
I remember clearly early last year Merc basically said "we put a Red Bull style car in the wind tunnel and it had significantly less downforce" (not the verbatim quote but I can find the article if we really need to). Red Bull already had what Mercedes did not, being platform control and aero efficiency. If they wanted some more downforce then there are worse places to look for ideas.
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Ironic jokes aside, and of course with speculation, resemblances to the W14 on the alleged RB20 make some slight sense. Ever since the W13 the biggest limiting factor for Mercedes has been platform control (porpoising and ride height sensitivity) and aero efficiency (itself partially a consequence of the former). I don't think they have ever struggled for downforce generation.
I remember clearly early last year Merc basically said "we put a Red Bull style car in the wind tunnel and it had significantly less downforce" (not the verbatim quote but I can find the article if we really need to). Red Bull already had what Mercedes did not, being platform control and aero efficiency. If they wanted some more downforce then there are worse places to look for ideas.
It still remains to be understood what Merc's issues were. The Aston which shared rear suspension was a monster of a car in Bahrain last year.