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Mercedes MGP W01 - revised rear wing 25 Jul 2010

Mercedes MGP W01 - revised rear wing

Mercedes have introduced a new rear wing in Germany. It has a large opening in the main plane (see red arrow), which creates something akin to a three-profile rear wing. The solution was introduced in Monaco last year by McLaren and copied by BMW Sauber. This rear wing is designed to work better...»

Mercedes MGP W01 - revised exhausts 27 Jun 2010

Mercedes MGP W01 - revised exhausts

Like Ferrari, Mercedes GP have introduced shorter exhaust pipes and lower bodywork at the rear of their car in Valencia to mimic Red Bull's exhaust-blown diffuser. Unlike Ferrari, they haven't brought a new gearbox casing, but have adapted their original design. A new rear diffuser has also made its...»

Mercedes MGP W01 - updated F-duct system 30 May 2010

Mercedes MGP W01 - updated F-duct system

Mercedes GP's F-Duct system, which was introduced in China, has received an upgrade in Turkey. It can now be activated by the driver's foot thanks to a bigger duct on the side of the chassis (blue arrow). This was previously much smaller and used to cool the drivers. The system of pipes used to...»

Mercedes GP MGP W01 - revised airbox and roll structure 08 May 2010

Mercedes GP MGP W01 - revised airbox and roll structure

At the MGP W01's pre-season launch it became clear team principal Ross Brawn had managed to avoid making its airbox design a structural part of the car's rollover protection - and was thus not hamstrung on future developments by the FIA's rules which restrict chassis changes (bottom left inset, blue...»

Mercedes GP MGP W01 - longer wheelbase 08 May 2010

Mercedes GP MGP W01 - longer wheelbase

Mercedes have lengthened the wheelbase of the MGP W01 by approximately five centimetres. They have done this by angling the suspension's front wishbones differently. They have also moved the front wing forward, thus keeping the same gap between wing and tyre as required by the regulations. This...»

Mercedes GP MGP-W01 - modified rear wing 17 Apr 2010

Mercedes GP MGP-W01 - modified rear wing

Mercedes have introduced a simpler, and more experimental version of McLaren's current rear wing solution. Like on the Ferrari, there isn't an F-duct, and the air doesn't flow inside the engine cover fin. Two small openings (1) feed airflow through an aero channel to two slots on the back of the...»

Mercedes MGP-W01 - revised rear bodywork 04 Apr 2010

Mercedes MGP-W01 - revised rear bodywork

Here you can see how Mercedes have evolved the bodywork around the MGP-W01's exhausts. In Melbourne (see inset) there was an additional gill linked to the exhaust opening (highlighted in blue), which respected the single-opening rule. In Sepang they have modified the bodywork (see main drawing) to...»

Mercedes MGP W01 - pyramid-shaped roll structure 23 Feb 2010

Mercedes MGP W01 - pyramid-shaped roll structure

A new solution on the Mercedes is this pyramid-shaped roll structure, which acts as an aero splitter within the airbox, separating and accelerating the incoming airflow (double blue arrow). Usually the roll structure simply follows the shape of the airbox, but Mercedes' design means the shape of the...»

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