Mercedes AMG F1 W04

[Huntresa]

How is it possible to produce a car 4 years in a row that cooks the area around the exhaust ?

[dren]

How is it possible to produce a car 4 years in a row that cooks the area around the exhaust ?

If you notice, the other teams put black heat resistant paint/material in this area. Mercedes goes with paint. It was stated earlier in the thread, but it is probably just the paint not able to stand up to the heat, not the actual body work. The body work looks fine.

[Richard]

The bodywork isn't actually failing, so I imagine what is essentially a cosmetic fix (more insulation) has a low priority. The other factor might be a lack of space for more insulation. So they'll need new side pods with slightly more clearance between the bodywork and exhaust. That's not a quick fix.

So I expect we'll not see any change until the next test.

[Red Schneider]

I have always hated the way the Mercs looked, and on top of that the livery which is hideous in every way but i have to say in this picture, it looks very nice.

The real problem is the teal. It doesn't go with silver at all.

[Yurasyk]

I argee with above posts. It's really silly to burn covering around exhaust all last years after all.

[gray41]

Putting black covering material there instead also gives the illusion of slenderness, would shut some people about about the size of the rear.

[munudeges]

Even if it is a cosmetic issue, which it isn't, you won't find any other team on the grid who finds that acceptable in a discipline where the sponsors, image and attention to detail are everything.

[miguelalvesreis]

The bodywork isn't actually failing, so I imagine what is essentially a cosmetic fix (more insulation) has a low priority. The other factor might be a lack of space for more insulation. So they'll need new side pods with slightly more clearance between the bodywork and exhaust. That's not a quick fix.

So I expect we'll not see any change until the next test.

Actually, seeing from top it seems odd that the exaust pipes are so close to that part of the bodywork. If so, then it has a tight bend outwards (to the 10cm straigth pipe) after a curve inwards. Probably a really tight packaging. Anyway, it seems a bit odd. They should have known better. They have the same side effect YOY. Why be careless about it?

"Devil is in the details" or "When it came to details s#it happens"!!

On a discipline where is all about details and fine details....Seems a bit odd. They are the only team where it happens again and again.

Probably wouldn't matter if they have accomplished in the past but as their cars have revealed themselves as flops, we pay a bit of extra attention for those recursive little faults.

[diego1960]

It doesn't look too tight at the back though. There's a lot of bodywork that needs to be altered, hopefully at test #2.

[PlatinumZealot]

have non of you guys ever painted with silver lacquer?

[3one]

I was just thinking... By looking at the rear end of the W04, seems Merc is trying to vent out all internal airflow to
the diffusser area...


There were comments the air velocity coming from the radiators aren't fast enough to have a great effect... But what if the air that would feed the rear coke bottle exit come from the inner part of the intake (see the channel near the driver)?


What do you guys think? Rather than having the air go around the sidepods to the coke bottle area, why not let the air pass thru internally?

[astracrazy]

there is previous pictures of cooling equipment attached to that hole

[Huntresa]

there is previous pictures of cooling equipment attached to that hole

Maybe they did that to fool us

[Maelstrom]

Yeah.... with no running for the past two days they certainly had a lot of time to waste

[Lurk]

Devil is in the details