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Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:33 am
by Haribo
SilverstoneRegular wrote:Haribo wrote:The real car is arlready running on the track at Jerez.
Is it? Shakedown? Testing doesn't start until tomorrow
Shakedown & than some "filming" miles. 100km are allowed
Shakedown is ATM witn Nico
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:34 am
by Grosjean
Adam Cooper @adamcooperf1
#F1 Made it to Jerez. @nico_rosberg is driving around in the new Mercedes but I've only heard it so far as we can't get in until 1100...
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:35 am
by RickM
yup merc tweeted this:
#F1W04 first ever run just now with @Nico_Rosberg taking it around the track... Looks great... Stay tuned for more soon
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:36 am
by Grosjean
Pablo Elizalde @EliGP
Okay, today we have the launch of the Mercedes you have already seen at 13:15, and the Toro Rosso from 17:30
Pablo Elizalde @EliGP
Both CET times
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:37 am
by Haribo
RickM wrote:yup merc tweeted this:
#F1W04 first ever run just now with @Nico_Rosberg taking it around the track... Looks great... Stay tuned for more soon
they also said we should watch Lewis twitter
Maybe he posts some pics from the car?
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:23 am
by Clarky
Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton reveal a clip of the W04 on YouTube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsdBOtgWQYA
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:27 am
by Clarky
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:31 am
by M44
Looks nice! I'm suckered into that Blackberry sponsorship for some reason lol..
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:34 am
by MistaVega23
Looks just like the 2011 car.
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:35 am
by Haribo
You can't say they have no humor
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:35 am
by Haribo
MistaVega23 wrote:Looks just like the 2011 car.
Completly different
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:36 am
by egnat69
oh boy... that online-launch-massacre was certainly not the best way to reveal this partnership:
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:38 am
by Alienturnedhuman
Push rod front suspension confirmed then.
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:40 am
by jammin78
Strange shaped sidepod and nose. I'm not sure if I like it, it's... shiny. Its very organic in parts, sharp in other parts. The connection of the nose to the wing is very organic looking, and the wing itself looks quite complex.
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:42 am
by Haribo
Alienturnedhuman wrote:Push rod front suspension confirmed then.
Craig Scarborough @ScarbsF1
Mercedes W04: tidied nose, coanda pods, pushrod front susp, revised roll hoop & vanes on the splitter
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:48 am
by egnat69
Haribo wrote:Alienturnedhuman wrote:Push rod front suspension confirmed then.
Craig Scarborough @ScarbsF1
Mercedes W04: tidied nose, coanda pods, pushrod front susp, revised roll hoop & vanes on the splitter
yes... nose is quite short... somehow reminds me of the 94 benetton - but shorter
jammin78 wrote:Strange shaped sidepod
really? look a lot like on the F138 and the MP4-28 - basically the same concept... maybe it's the shiny finish that gets you there...
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:51 am
by spooky
Theres your 2013 title winning car right there!
what? cant a man have optimism!
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:51 am
by jammin78
egnat69 wrote:Haribo wrote:Alienturnedhuman wrote:Push rod front suspension confirmed then.
Craig Scarborough @ScarbsF1
Mercedes W04: tidied nose, coanda pods, pushrod front susp, revised roll hoop & vanes on the splitter
yes... nose is quite short... somehow reminds me of the 94 benetton - but shorter
jammin78 wrote:Strange shaped sidepod
really? look a lot like on the F138 and the MP4-28 - basically the same concept... maybe it's the shiny finish that gets you there...
It could be the shiny/light on it, it just stood out as oddly shaped in that photo, more distinctly than any others did. The whole car just looks a bit awkward to me. Hmm, to be fair I'm also questioning century classifications so it could just be a bad day.
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:04 am
by AtrumVesica
the interface of nose chassis looks incongruous , almost like designed to flex?
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:05 am
by hittheapex
Haribo wrote:RickM wrote:yup merc tweeted this:
#F1W04 first ever run just now with @Nico_Rosberg taking it around the track... Looks great... Stay tuned for more soon
they also said we should watch Lewis twitter
Maybe he posts some pics from the car?
Nah, it's just going to be some telemetry from Nico's shakedown laps
#Senseofhumourtest
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:15 am
by Razoola
I really don't like the nose. But hey, if it works.
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:15 am
by Fiki
Is there something mounted halfway down the spine of that Mercedes?
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:16 am
by jammin78
Fiki wrote:Is there something mounted halfway down the spine of that Mercedes?
Yes.
Though I don't know what it is.
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:18 am
by SilverstoneRegular
The front wing extends out in front by quite a bit!
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:18 am
by SilverstoneRegular
jammin78 wrote:Fiki wrote:Is there something mounted halfway down the spine of that Mercedes?
Yes.
Though I don't know what it is.
They're doing filming so possibly a camera?
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:20 am
by variflex
GOPRO camera by the looks of it
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:22 am
by RickM
Video (pretty crap, its more of a blackberry advert):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsdBOtgWQYA
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:22 am
by RickM
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:23 am
by RickM
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:23 am
by RickM
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:24 am
by AtrumVesica
RickM wrote:
ugly nose from that angle
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:28 am
by jammin78
RickM wrote:
What's their obsession with making the nose so smooth and sleek, then straight into boxy... it just looks so odd from that angle. Ah well, they're the designers, not me, they know better (we hope).
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:30 am
by RickM
It looks like they fixed the cooling problems as well. If you look at 2012 photos, they had a large black heat shield along the back of the sidepod, this year they dont seem to have that. In testing last year there were burnt brown spots on the bodywork.
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:32 am
by Mr-E
variflex wrote:GOPRO camera by the looks of it
This.
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:32 am
by AtrumVesica
the only good thing the step had going for it was that it stoped the upper air spilling down between the front tyre and floor, hoping this nose with its obvious demarkation line does the same thing without the step
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:32 am
by Covalent
jammin78 wrote:RickM wrote:
What's their obsession with making the nose so smooth and sleek, then straight into boxy... it just looks so odd from that angle. Ah well, they're the designers, not me, they know better (we hope).
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:36 am
by AtrumVesica
look at the exhaust route on the right side, being channelled inwards
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:38 am
by RickM
AtrumVesica wrote:
look at the exhaust route on the right side, being channelled inwards
Thats a bit crafty...is that even allowed? Didn't think you could channel exhaust gasses anymore.
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:38 am
by McPrancingBull
So is there going to be a live online (youtube) launch at 13:30 then or is it just a photo session........ Anyone know ?
Re: Mercedes F1 W04 online reveal
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:38 am
by AtrumVesica
is it me or does the whole rear of the car seem wide from above, is that a plateau with a undercut
