Mercedes W05 V6 Engine

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HKS racer
Well someone has to do it. F1 is dangerous and it's their job. I don't blame a driver for taking the risk to test a new car.
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Yes, I know, meant it to be read in a more light-hearted manner. I should have probably added a smiley.

Louie_Schumii
Probably wants a leg up on Nico by having a go first.
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Well Nico did manage to try it out first as well, and will probably get more mileage out of car too once they iron out any of the initial problems at speed with Lewis. I guess they just decided to keep same order as last year for consistency. Lewis also finds it exciting flying head on into a barrier so ideal test driver :lol:.
 
Just his little tash.

Why are you so uptight? It was just a little joke because I thought it looked funny, I support Hamilton, he's one of my favorite drivers right now, no need to be so defensive.
 
And just after I say the Red Bull is the best looking, I come across the Mercedes :lol:

By far, the best one of 2014. Now I just hope it does as well as it looks.
 
The most beautiful livery Merc F1 has ever done, looks really nice but somewhat odd in its proportions.

Have they been clever here creating winglets out of the camera housings?
 
I was reading something today - can't remember where - that suggested that if the W05 was running exactly how Mercedes want it to, then it would win every race ... by two laps.
 
Here's a theory: everyone is sandbagging! So by the time we get to Melbourne, everyone will show their true forms and we'll be in for the most epic race of all time, then everyone will run out of fuel with two laps to go.
 
Sandbagging is useless this time around. The teams need to learn as much as possible as quickly as possible. Sandbagging gets them nothing.
 
It was a joke, how could everyone be sandbagging? :D

It was inspired by the fact that I've heard people accusing half the field of "sandbagging" this year, it's ridiculous. People say it about Mercedes, that they're running low power purposefully, not just for the logical reason that they don't want to push the engine too much too early. They also say it about Ferrari and the teams using their engines, who pretty much snuck through the entire test without people saying anything strongly about their performance, whether bad or good. But nobody's saying it about Renault's engines, that's for sure.
 
GTPorsche
If everyone were to sandbag, how would we be able to tell? :crazy:
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Going off that logic, Red Bull is doing some of the most expensive sandbagging I've seen.
 
I like how Horner said "we might switch to Honda motors only if the Renaults don't work because Mercedes & Ferrari are too much arch rivals to them''. You got that right; I could see their motors now if Red Bull was dominating with there machinery. Going Honda sounds not as good as the Ferrari & Mercedes power plants, but Red Bull won championships with a lesser motor anyways, so getting a pretty good Honda motor could be all they need f they figure out there chassis is another piece of genius?,.
 
I can't see Red Bull defecting to Honda. They are the de facto Renault factory team at the moment, but McLaren will be the Honda works team. Red Bull would not accept being a customer team - at the very least, they would want financial support, but Honda would not want one of their customers overshadowing their main team.

I cannot see Red Bull going to Ferrari or Mercedes for the same reason.
 
Niki Lauda gave the exact output figures in an interview I read days ago. Not sure if it was deliberate misinformation, or he's being a motormouth as usual. 580hp from the engine and 160hp from the recovery units. Crazy.
 
BHRxRacer
Niki Lauda gave the exact output figures in an interview I read days ago. Not sure if it was deliberate misinformation, or he's being a motormouth as usual. 580hp from the engine and 160hp from the recovery units. Crazy.
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Which would add up to a total of 740 HP.
 
BHRxRacer
Niki Lauda gave the exact output figures in an interview I read days ago. Not sure if it was deliberate misinformation, or he's being a motormouth as usual. 580hp from the engine and 160hp from the recovery units. Crazy.
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Yeah I posted those numbers in the f1 tech thread, the issue for me is that last year we were talking about engines anywhere from 600-650hp and 580 seems short. So unless the FIA put a limit on them which Lauda makes no mention of I just don't see why.

The other thing is you can't really believe that 580 is the final number, especially when it's the Merc Works team telling it to the F1 community.
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
Yeah I posted those numbers in the f1 tech thread, the issue for me is that last year we were talking about engines anywhere from 600-650hp and 580 seems short. So unless the FIA put a limit on them which Lauda makes no mention of I just don't see why.

The other thing is you can't really believe that 580 is the final number, especially when it's the Merc Works team telling it to the F1 community.
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600-650 from the petrol engine alone? How much did the V8s do again?
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
It's not too much at all considering what 1.5L engines did in this same sport 30 years ago.
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What were they, like 12-1400hp when they turned them all the way up for qualifying? And like 900-1000 during the race?

BHRxRacer
650 from a 1.6, even with direct injection and a turbo is too much. Maybe you're right, we'll see.
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The only real limit is efficiency. They can make the power easy, it's whether they can make it from the limited fuel they're allowed. 650hp is almost certainly doable.
 
Imari
What were they, like 12-1400hp when they turned them all the way up for qualifying? And like 900-1000 during the race?



The only real limit is efficiency. They can make the power easy, it's whether they can make it from the limited fuel they're allowed. 650hp is almost certainly doable.
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Yeah that's where they sat, and to put it in more perspective the 4cyl monster Piquet drove to a championship in 83 had the levels of power that were suggested last year for these current engines.
 

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