FIA Pirelli Mercedes AMG W09 EQ Power+

[The-Flying-Finn 4631]

Mi sembra una macchina veramente ben riuscita. Se sarà anche affidabile, saranno dominanti anche nel 2018.

[KimiSanton 4424]

[Ruberekus 12189]

[S. Bellof 1345]

Si vede che tutti gli ingegneri degli altri team reputino i progettisti Mercedes dei poveri stronzi, visto che sono da anni (a parte una breve comparsa della Toro Rosso) gli unici che perseverano nella loro filosofia dell'aria ai lati invece che sotto il musetto. Certamente questo è solo uno dei milioni di fattori dietro le vittorie Mercedes, ma non mi pare che i risultati diano ragione agli altri team.

[KimiSanton 4424]

Io non penso che sia così determinante. Togli un po' di CV alla PU Mercedes e del muso parleremmo meglio di altri, in termini tecnici. Esteticamente, nettamente meglio la soluzione Mercedes.

[Aerozack 2153]

Gli altri hanno bisogno di ottimizzare le carenze della PU... Quel vantaggio è probabilmente minimo

[Beyond 6170]

Mercedes technical director James Allison believes the team has made the right call by sticking to the long-wheelbase and low-rake concept for its 2018 Formula 1 car.

The longer wheelbase of the Mercedes has usually been linked to the team's struggles on twistier circuits over the past seasons.

While other teams have taken a different path, Allison insists that there was more to be gained by continuing to develop ideas that work well, and that the team understands, rather than spreading R&D resources too thinly by exploring a major change.

"The long wheelbase is something we decided very early on was an asset to us, and I'm pretty sure we're still right on that," said Allison.

"That was a very easy decision because it's much, much easier having a decision like that under your belt, because then you're not running two windtunnel programmes with two wheelbases, two models, two different things.

"You can be pretty certain the gains you got last year will be inherited by the car this year. If you're pretty sure the wheelbase is an asset, then carrying it over is an absolute no-brainer."

Allison says that changing direction is a bigger risk for a pacesetter like Mercedes than for the opposition teams, who have to try different things in an effort to close the gap.

"The aerodynamic detail on the cars is considerable. There is much, much more opportunity to make them worse than make them better.

"Even if you wanted to pursue a new and different concept, you expect to find a fair amount of loss before you get back into positive territory. And that concept for us looked like a change that would spend too much time in negative territory before it might eventually perhaps go positive.

"You've got to make a judgement about whether you're going to gamble on going off into negative territory and then coming back, or just marching up the already pretty steep slope that your own concept is working on.

"We chose the latter over the former. If you're a car that's sitting a long way down the grid, then you have less to lose by changing direction. You know the path you're on is not right."

The new W09 is notable for the tight packaging of the rear end, and Allison was keen to thank Mercedes engine boss Andy Cowell and his staff for the role they played in ensuring that the bodywork could be wrapped so tightly around the power unit.

"Andy's men utterly bent over backwards to help us achieve that. We in Brackley had to do quite a lot of work, but the centre of gravity was in Andy's territory, and furthermore, the risk…

"We've all got the same amount of skin in the game, because it's whether the car prospers or not.

"But Andy's guys had to work on things that had much longer lead times, and if we had taken bad decisions, recovering from it in Andy's world would have been very hard. And therefore it's a much braver project in Brixworth than it was in Brackley.

"So we feel very fortunate that they were willing to tale on our request. The outcome has been something that we are pretty pleased with, and also that the project, while tough, was actually quite good fun.

"The end of it is something that's delivered a non-trivial amount of performance to the car, and looks neat as well."

 

[mclarenforever 17]

il video dell'halo dalla prospettiva di bottas:

 

 

in fondo non influisce piu' di tanto sulla visuale....

[Aerozack 2153]

Ripeto: visione 2d diverda da quella 3d... mettetevi un dito davanti alla faccia e guardate oltre...il dito vi impedisce la visuale frontale?

[youtoo78 108]

Ripeto: visione 2d diverda da quella 3d... mettetevi un dito davanti alla faccia e guardate oltre...il dito vi impedisce la visuale frontale?

 

 

Dipende da quanto è distante il dito.

 

In ogni caso a me pare proprio una sanguisuga attaccata ai cosidetti questo aggeggio... penso che Raikkonen sbroccherà e lo segherà durante il GP

[Aerozack 2153]

Con il mio caschetto VR, dove le dimensioni virtuali rispecchiano pressappoco quelle reali, l'effetto "sdoppiante" è sufficiente a far passare lo sguardo in mezzo...

[FelipeMassa 3]

auto molto compatta e dai particolari interessanti, complimenti alla mercedes per il livello di rastremazione e di perfezionamento raggiunto... il concept è lo stesso della scorsa stagione quindi dubito possa far male.. è veramente incredibile il lavoro che sono riusciti a fare... sarà più bello, nel caso avvenisse, riuscire a batterli..

[ema00 859]

intando i cinesi sono diventati i primi azionisti di daimler, quindi proporrei nuovo nome: la cinesissima mercedes w09

[crucco 4232]

La giallissima freccia d'argento.

[Ruberekus 12189]

i cinesi friggono molto

[Aerozack 2153]

La Tempurissima mercedes

[M.SchumyTheBest 612]

Un punto in più per essere l'unica che non porta un muso a papera col pisellino.

[Beyond 6170]

non basta che vinca sempre, gli diamo pure punti bonus?

[Ruberekus 12189]

nuova e vecchia vettura sovrapposte

 

[ema00 859]

grande rube che frequenta lidi inglesi