Comments on: Mercedes W01 debuts (Pictures)

By: yash

yash — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:49 +0000

welcome back schumacher you will win this season and car looking very nice having red bull type nose

By: F1 commentor

F1 commentor — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:29:54 +0000

the car loooook very fantastic green & silver colour make it beautifullllll

By: We want turbos

We want turbos — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:18:39 +0000

??? Forcing air through the difuser will generate downforce without any extra drag! I’m 99% sure it’s not there for that, but can’t see a reason why it wouldn’t work.

By: Prisoner Monkeys

Prisoner Monkeys — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:58:14 +0000

Well, forcing air into the diffuser isn’t going to do anything.

By: Hallard

Hallard — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:25:36 +0000

I personally find the droopy adaptation of the Red bull style nose to be quite off-putting.

By: We want turbos

We want turbos — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:12:02 +0000

Also 1 thing to mention a desktop fan turbocharges air to cool you, so a fan that increases airflow would turbocharge the air, NOT into the engine (although I wish they would fetch them back). It is unlikely that may suggestion where to be true but not unfeasable.

By: We want turbos

We want turbos — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:05:43 +0000

I was not talking about turbocharging the air into the engine!! Read again…. I ment to increase the airflow to the difuser by forcefeeding it through the holes in the bottom of the car, suggestion prior to ridiculing stop a actually read their comments!! and for your information yes I do know how a turbocharger works and I also know they are banned!!

By: Prisoner Monkeys

Prisoner Monkeys — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:51:01 +0000

Okay, do you even know how a turbocharger works? Simply putting air into an engine does not make it turbocharged. A turbocharger cools and then forces air into an engine by pressurising it. This is done by way of a turbine, which is driven by the exhaust gases. Carving two holes into an engine cowling isn’t going to do anything to “turbo charge” an engine. It isn’t going to do anything except allow air into the engine bay to cool it.

And what’s this about feeding turbocharged air into a diffuser? That doesn’t happen. The air is collected in a turbne and pressurised, then forced into the engine with the fuel and ignited. It then escapes via the exhaust, unpressurised. Putting pressurised air into a diffuser isn’t going to do anything to improve a car’s pace – if anything, it’s just going to create a weird wake.

Even if Ross Brawn found some way to get a turbocharger into the car, it would be found out and banned for sure. The teams have to submit their design specifications to the FIA for homologation in order to be able to compete.

By: We want turbos

We want turbos — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:59:44 +0000

** LIGHTBLUB MOMENT, the two air intakes at the side of the engine cover… could the be fed into fans which in turn via the “holes” in the underside of the car that made the bgp001 car’s diffuser so good, feed turbocharged air directly into the difuser creating mass downforce for little drag. A massive advantage especially in slow speed corners for example at Monaco???? I know it’s a big IF and maybe but if anyone would think of it it would be mr design rule bender himself?

By: We want turbos

We want turbos — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:59:29 +0000

** LIGHTBLUB MOMENT, the two air intakes at the side of the engine cover… could the be fed into fans which in turn via the “holes” in the underside of the car that made the bgp001 car’s diffuser so good, feed turbocharged air directly into the difuser creating mass downforce for little or drag. A massive advantage especially in slow speed corners for example at Monaco???? I know it’s a big IF and maybe but if anyone would think of it it would be mr design rule bender himself?