Mercedes is one of the best teams playing cluelessness on social networks. The Brackley structure published a curious image on the same day that the new Haas VF-22 was launched to remind its fans of the presentation of the W13, which is scheduled for February 18.
Thanks to this dark image, it has been possible to glimpse some of the lines that the new silver arrow of Hamilton and Russell could follow for 2022. As a “game”, Motorsport.com Italia clarified the photograph to try to discover interesting details of the car of James Allison and Mark Elliott .
There are no guarantees that this image is actually of the new W13 , in fact, it is more likely to be a study car after the analysis of the 2022 regulations. But in the same way they could have revealed indications that may be in the Mercedes that It will be officially presented in the coming weeks.
Mercedes W13: front suspension clues?
The front suspension needs to stay true to the push rod scheme pattern, without following what they would be doing at McLaren: on the MCL36, the Woking team seems to have gone for the pull rod , centered on the steering rod.
Mercedes W13: nose of… anteater?
The evolution of the body towards the front shows a curved downward line that suggests an excavation in the lower chassis area to have an “anteater” nose.
And, to continue linking it with the McLaren tracks as an example, Giorgio Piola gave as an example the design of the MP4-8 that adopted this aerodynamic concept in the 1993 season: the objective was to have a better direction of air under the chassis to increase the flow that can be channeled in the Venturi tunnels placed in the lower part of the chassis.
Did Mercedes joke from Brackley? Perhaps, it will really be discovered in a few days…
