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Team: Toto Wolff (Executive Director - Business), Paddy Lowe (Executive Director - Technical), Andy Cowell (Executive Director of Mercedes AMG Powertrains), Niki Lauda (Chairman), Bob Bell (TD), Aldo Costa (ED), Geoffrey Willis (Technology Director), Ron Meadows (SD), Andrew Shovlin (CRE), Simon Cole (CTE), Matthew Dane (CM)
Drivers: Nico Rosberg (6), Lewis Hamilton (44)
Team name: Mercedes AMG F1 Petronas
They have 5 engines so 1 engine for 4 races on average.theformula wrote:Wait, so how many Km's has the Merc engine done since the FIRST Bahrain test? Also, isn't the engine supposed to last 5 races and therefore how many Km does the engine have to last for?
Yeah thanks just looked that up, I got mixed up between 5 engines per season and the engine has to last 5 races.diego.liv wrote:No no no, every driver has 5 engines per season..From the 6th i think there will be the penalty (not so much a penalty nowadays)
They have done 4 race sims (and more) since the first Bahrain test. There are 19 races in a season, and 5 engines per car, hence they need to average 3.75 race distances.theformula wrote:Wait, so how many Km's has the Merc engine done since the FIRST Bahrain test? Also, isn't the engine supposed to last 5 races and therefore how many Km does the engine have to last for?
This is excellent news, If they average 750Km a race weekend, then they can get 4 races out of an engine.BorisTheBlade wrote:Yes, in the testing topic I quoted AMuS in the morning. According to the team they changed it as a precautionary measure and its mileage was almost 3000km.
Not heard anything about this. Interesting idea, would like to see more discussion on this.gingernibbler wrote:Have you heard the Merc engine firing order? It sounds a bit like a Ducati V twin. Is this to help rear traction/tyre wear by reducing power pulse regularity as per moto gp engines? Do you think They'll have the best rear traction at slow/street circuits?
I could easily see this being the case, as it's the next most likely thing to break after the engine. I'm sure the substantially higher torque levels this year also works the gearbox a lot harder than in previous years.beelsebob wrote: I wonder slightly if this might be the reason for gearbox problems cropping up – perhaps they're testing the longevity of one box.
Yeah just listen on the video's, sounds like a completely different firing order to ferrari and renaultACJJ619 wrote:Not heard anything about this. Interesting idea, would like to see more discussion on this.gingernibbler wrote:Have you heard the Merc engine firing order? It sounds a bit like a Ducati V twin. Is this to help rear traction/tyre wear by reducing power pulse regularity as per moto gp engines? Do you think They'll have the best rear traction at slow/street circuits?
I don't know if it applies to the gearbox but they did say earlier in the week that they were encountering problems because they were deliberately pushing the life of many of the components to find their breaking point.beelsebob wrote:They have done 4 race sims (and more) since the first Bahrain test. There are 19 races in a season, and 5 engines per car, hence they need to average 3.75 race distances.theformula wrote:Wait, so how many Km's has the Merc engine done since the FIRST Bahrain test? Also, isn't the engine supposed to last 5 races and therefore how many Km does the engine have to last for?
I wonder slightly if this might be the reason for gearbox problems cropping up – perhaps they're testing the longevity of one box.
actually I've done the proper calculationdans79 wrote:This is excellent news, If they average 750Km a race weekend, then they can get 4 races out of an engine.BorisTheBlade wrote:Yes, in the testing topic I quoted AMuS in the morning. According to the team they changed it as a precautionary measure and its mileage was almost 3000km.
