Mercedes AMG F1 W05

[mclaren_mircea]

Mercedes will not run the new nose scheduled for the final two days in Bahrain. The new nose failled the FIA crash test, and it won't be seen until Australia. It is rumoured that another FIA cresh-test will be done on 10 March.

http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/35217/ ... un-musetto

[elMaestro]

A gearbox problem for Hamilton to end his running for today with 89 laps onboard. Alot of laps really , but these problems coming up its got to be worrying for Mercedes.

[Coefficient]

A gearbox problem for Hamilton to end his running for today with 89 laps onboard. Alot of laps really , but these problems coming up its got to be worrying for Mercedes.

For all we know that gearbox might have been on the car since Jerez.

[Helios]

A gearbox problem for Hamilton to end his running for today with 89 laps onboard. Alot of laps really , but these problems coming up its got to be worrying for Mercedes.

For all we know that gearbox might have been on the car since Jerez.

Highly unlikely. I'm starting to worry aswell. And if the article about Mercedes failing the crash test with their new FW is true, it doesn't make the situation much better.

[Phil]

Is it just me, or do these kind of failures always seem to hit Hamilton more? It already seems that Nico has quite a bit more mileage under his belt with the new car and has I think, been able to do more long running tests so far? 89 laps is good. I really hope he will have a good last day of the test before it goes to Melbourne.

[De Jokke]

They might finish Melbourne, but the races after that... The car breaks down after 80 or so laps...
I hope this is because they are in a "next" phase of testing and push harder, something other teams haven't come to yet.
But as Rosberg said yesterday: they are not that far ahead, so I'm not that optimistic.

[kooleracer]

A gearbox problem for Hamilton to end his running for today with 89 laps onboard. Alot of laps really , but these problems coming up its got to be worrying for Mercedes.

For all we know that gearbox might have been on the car since Jerez.

Highly unlikely. I'm starting to worry aswell. And if the article about Mercedes failing the crash test with their new FW is true, it doesn't make the situation much better.

Its highly likely, its winter testing parts are scarce. Also you want to find the limit for parts. If you keep changing parts you will never know if can reach the target its suppose to reach. Also if you make a lot of parts and during testing you find a fundamental flaw in a part all the shelf parts would be useless and also a waist of money. During testing teams find it hard to have spare parts because the machine room also needs to start working on parts that are planned for fly a way races. Thats why teams are staying in to pits a lot longer because they need the fix the part instead of replacing it which is common practice during the race season.

[elMaestro]

A gearbox problem for Hamilton to end his running for today with 89 laps onboard. Alot of laps really , but these problems coming up its got to be worrying for Mercedes.

For all we know that gearbox might have been on the car since Jerez.

Highly unlikely. I'm starting to worry aswell. And if the article about Mercedes failing the crash test with their new FW is true, it doesn't make the situation much better.

The new FW failing the crash test will also hurt them because whereas they wouldve gathered much needed data in Bahrain, they are going to have to do that in Australia, but its better that they have these kinds of problems occuring because you would rather have a gearbox failure in a test rather in a race in which i think the Merc's are going to be competitive in.

[tony77g]

http://imgur.com/zVYnHdB.jpg

Green ellipse : barge boards like Lotus 2013
Red circle: that`s a sensor, a IR cam or the pickup point of the old sidepod vane?
Note that there are on both sides of the car ...

no in red circle is an old fixing
no IR cam

look here

[mantikos]

A gearbox problem for Hamilton to end his running for today with 89 laps onboard. Alot of laps really , but these problems coming up its got to be worrying for Mercedes.

For all we know that gearbox might have been on the car since Jerez.

Highly unlikely. I'm starting to worry aswell. And if the article about Mercedes failing the crash test with their new FW is true, it doesn't make the situation much better.

You mean nose

[Helios]

Yes, sorry.

[dren]

http://imgur.com/zVYnHdB.jpg

Green ellipse : barge boards like Lotus 2013
Red circle: that`s a sensor, a IR cam or the pickup point of the old sidepod vane?
Note that there are on both sides of the car ...

no in red circle is an old fixing
no IR cam

look here
http://www.zaslike.com/

Might be part of the crash structure, too

[smlbstcbr]

Are they using new engines and gearboxes for this test? If so, then reliability is an issue. If not, then the engines and gearboxes won't last for five races.

[heimana]

Mercedes will not run the new nose scheduled for the final two days in Bahrain. The new nose failled the FIA crash test, and it won't be seen until Australia. It is rumoured that another FIA cresh-test will be done on 10 March.

http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/35217/ ... un-musetto

so will they have the new nose in melbourne?

[mclaren_mircea]

Mercedes will not run the new nose scheduled for the final two days in Bahrain. The new nose failled the FIA crash test, and it won't be seen until Australia. It is rumoured that another FIA cresh-test will be done on 10 March.

http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/35217/ ... un-musetto

so will they have the new nose in melbourne?

Yes they will have it in Melbourne if the nose will pass the crash test scheduled for 10 March 2014. All the chanches that with some little modifications from the composite department, the nose will be on the car in Australia. So, finger crossed for 10 March