Mercedes GP MGP W02

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I think it looks great-will be absolutely stunning under the lights at Singapore and Abu Dhabi.

Whole front-end is a RBR rip-off, and it's nice to see they've gone conventional with the airbox again.
 
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Whole front-end is a RBR rip-off, and it's nice to see they've gone conventional with the airbox again.
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Uh, you do realise that's last year's front wing, right?
 
FIIIIIIIT :D

That cars awesome!
 
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It's last year's front wing. Mercedes don't want the whole world knowing what they're running on the front until the car takes to the track. Even then, they might do some early testing with it.
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Uh, you do realise that's last year's front wing, right?
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I'm pretty sure people are referring to the nose cone as part of the front wing, in which case it is not the same front wing/nose.
The wing itself and its elements are the same, yes, but the nose is way higher than the W01 nose.
 
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Uh, you do realise that's last year's front wing, right?
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I know it's last year's front wing. I was talking about the whole front of the car (safety cell, nose).

Duck nose-RBR
Ridges on side of safety cell-RBR

I can imagine why they'd want to, however.
 
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Impressive looking finally! I really like how the turqoise fades into the silver... Would love to see its performance on par with its looks too.
 
I think this is my second-favourite car after the R31. I'm going to need a desktop wallpaper of them side-by-side.
 
Another good looking Car , Nose on it looks impressive . More Tapered than the Other Cars i've seen so far . Colour Scheme is wicked .
 
Rosberg looks like he's going to kick the tyres.
 
The mirrors come out wide and are a bit slim at the root hehe, I'm sure some teams will complain about that (mirrors cannot be used as aerodynamic devices rule), I bet that was a Schumacher concept, very borderline.

I like this one, and you can see a 'random' trapezoid shaped panel on the other side of the car after the right wheel, the more unique ideas the better.
 
This car looks absolutely fantastic. If Rosberg isn't up there this season I'm going to eat my own feet.
 
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This car looks absolutely fantastic. If Rosberg isn't up there this season I'm going to eat my own feet.
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You know what, I also love that nose... That thing really means business!
 
Why do I seem to be the only person on the planet who really doesn't like the livery on the Merc? I didn't like it last year and it's more of the same this year. The car itself is pretty nice, but I think the livery ruins it.

Or do I have no taste? :indiff:
 
Well, I definitely think the silver-metal look is kind of dull and the green Petronas parts would be much better highlighted with black or a darker shade of silver/grey. I don't really love Mercedes and silver cars all that much in the first place though.
This one looks far better than last years though with more green. Too bad that you can barely notice it.
 
Livery is more of the same from last year - uninspired. The car itself looks much better - I think the car with the driver lineup will do well.
 
It's definitely among the best looking F1 cars on the grid that have been revealed so far.
 
Kind of wished the paint job would be better, but the plain silver still looks decent.

Hopefully they can challenge the top 3 teams this year.
 
Anyone notice how the camera assembly is rather far behind on the airbox? Great looking car by the way:drool:
 
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Anyone notice how the camera assembly is rather far behind on the airbox? Great looking car by the way:drool:
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Yeah, it's quite strange. Car looks good, but I'm more intrigued with the "major Aero update" they have planned for the first race.
 
Does this mean they'll now be Daimler GP?
 
No, they're Mercedes GP. Mercedes-Benz is owned by Daimler; now the team is, too. It's like Ferrari and Fiat. Fiat owns Ferrari's road cars division, but the team is still known as Ferrari.
 
seems the development and testing of the car is off the teams proposed goal.... people are saying 1 sec off pace.... thats not good. They are getting an upgrade to fix this problem but who knows what will happen untill Austraaaaliaaaa.
 
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