MP239 - Mercedes F1 W10 2.0 & What's Really Going On In Testing 

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Exactly how I feel. The name you DIDN´T mention when you got your acute cough, talks so much but they say so little. I really enjoy mr Priestly's approach.

@@IdusMartiae44 I will mention that certain name... Jake Boxall-Legge. Marc is leagues above that guy.

In Holland, there were 2 moments on tv that almost made me put my head through the table. 1. The guy pulled out the entire (!) rule book of F1, which of course is many, many pages thick, and just said: "This sport is too complicated and should be easier to understand." Well... No! What do you think happens when you put 1000 people with 1 billion dollars in a windtunnel? That they didn't find any loophole in the regulations that they can exploit? 2. One of the more knowledgeable presenters was asked to explain the different Power Unit components (ICE, turbo, MGU-K, MGU-H, ES and electronics), with a picture in the background. He started naming them by name, without any real explanation, and before he got to the 3rd component, 1 of the guys said: "Yeah, you can stop, I don't understand it with all the hybrid stuff." I almost smashed my tv right then. I know this all sounds like a bit of a rant (because it is), and I understand they're doing it to get (and keep) all the new viewers interested in the sport. But come on... If you can't understand how a bloody battery works, you should watch golf or something. We need more Marks and Scarbs!

was about to comment something similar until i saw this

That's lovely to hear, thanks. Enjoy your travels.

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Haha, thanks. They integrate themselves!

Yeah the only good guy right know at autosport is Giorgio Piola.

YEAP! Since so many people noticed that, I do believe it may affect their viewership...

Haha, they ain't Ferrari fanboy. They are just doing that just to make Hamilton's (unworthy) victories look incredible. They just want to make you believe that Hamilton is that special which he ain't.

I just like to see a good race so not just a merc fan...I would love to see McClaren get in the mix. But I find inept observations annoying.

@@remid1994 well I don't think so, and also Lewis is that special. I'm not a Lewis fan but from a neutral point of view a lot of experts and people say that he is special and that a but extra.

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Thanks Joel.

Thanks

as a brabander not a Dutchman FTFY

Thanks, hope you like it.

To finish first, you must first finish. Mercedes had one oil pressure issue, while ferrari's been red flagging all day long.

Yes if you look at the testing over all...Ferrari looked fastest but they had the worst reliability

John Huebner or are Ferrari testing new parts/new engine modes. So many variables at play in testing that it’s impossible to suggest anything. Let’s just wait for Australia.

From the Marc Priestley research department! Check this article out from Composites World. www.compositesworld.com/blog/post/sustainable-inline-recycling-of-carbon-fiber

the carbon fibre from crashes around race tracks usually ends up as souvenirs 😂🤣

Or on eBay 🤪

I use a gimbal in almost every one of my videos, just didn't have it with me for this one.

Marc Priestley Sorry for patronising:)

Thanks. I don't think it go back to a team, Iove all the things I do now too much.

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I don't think so...

Mine are Australian Shepherds. 👍

Ah, you can jump past it and start from about 6:24

Also getting this - strange.

@@BDMotorsport Seems like a corruption on upload probably. Still get audio pops and dropouts mind.

same

same for me

There's no major drawback, harder to seal the floor sides and important to prevent front wing stall perhaps, but it's simply a different way of doing things.

I honestly don't believe anyone sandbags unless they suddenly find they have an embarrassingly fast car they don't want to draw too much attention to. Never happened in my experience.

Yes, all parts are tested using various non-destructive methods like ultrasound and UV crack checking. Most parts will simply be replaced though, as long as there are spares.

Well it hasn't hurt them too much over the last few years...

@@F1Elvis Without having the high rake, could Mercedes potentially achieve a virtual side skirt with all those vanes down the side as you alluded to through the vortexes and end up having much more downforce?

It's not that there are downsides, it's just a different way of approaching it. High rake can increase diffuser performance, but can also be draggy...

Personally I don't think so. It's pretty easy to prove one over another long before manufacturing the parts and taking them to a track.

Not necessarily wrong, but perhaps that was just an early stage on the path towards where they are now.

Thanks Marc. Congrats on the award. Deserving. Hope to get my hands on the book soon. Cheers!

I have been looking, It actually is in Den Haag. Don't know if that's closer for you. I will be going from Apeldoorn, 1,5 hour drive :P

Marginally, yes, but things like the aerodynamic centre of pressure move forward with high rake, which helps to balance the car that way. Lots of effects of both concepts, one not necessarily clearly better than the other, just different approaches.

Assuming the update works, that'll be what they move forward with, the old version will sit on a shelf unless it's ever required for a show car or deemed to be more useful at a certain circuit.

They'll set it up for Barcelona and get a good baseline feeling from the car, then start making changes and trying new things from there, always returning to a baseline setup for reference.

Well, somewhere in the midfield, but as the video alluded to, we won't really know until Melbourne.

Not sure they're close enough for wins, but we won't know until Oz.

Yes, I don't think anyone was sandbagging, not even Merc, just all running to slightly different programs. Yes, at some point everyone does a low fuel, soft tyre run, but that's still not to say it's the absolute ultimate time the car can do.

Yes, amazing!

Good question! I was wondering the same, but I don't think a week would be enough time to produce so many different components. It's hardly enough time to just paint them all lol. They had to start with that at least a month ago, hadn't they?

Same chassis spec I believe.

It would be incredibly difficult to run two different spec chassis for two drivers with spares in case of an accident. Not to mention homologating, crash testing etc all over again.

They use the ambient in Barcelona as reference and factor up cooling requirements in hotter climates from that.

It obviously depends on the component, but a front wing on it's own might take a couple of weeks.

But the problem surely is that the rest of the body might need changing. Some teams designs are much closer than others but some would need a total redesign

@@F1Elvis cool was just curious to time to design and build. I understand cars can be completely different by if they where similar.

I know it's been looked into....

@Marc Priestley.... Just a suggestion, while you have the monitor set up for going through the cars, maybe go through the streamlined version of the 1954 and 1955 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Formula One racing car. mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsClassic/en/instance/ko.xhtml?oid=6873&relId=1001&resultInfoTypeId=172#toRelation

You worded that wrong you spud😂😂😂

@@mclovingmcmuffin3301 meh I'm foreign give me a pass

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