speaking about that Noblef1 Michael Schumacher just said he was most looking forward to the green light on Sunday. Think he needs to brush up on his #F1 rules...

I wonder who Mercedes' supposed new sponsor is ...

any news from the PC, it supposed to have started at 1300 (cet)

From picture it is look like they all want to make free neck massage to Michael. I don't think there will be any news from the PC. Nothing we didn't hear in last 1 month.
alanbaldwinf1 Schumacher was chewing gum throughout. Jenson and Lewis were joking around at the back like a pair of schoolboys.
alanbaldwinf1 Button in press conference, before tweaking Schumacher on shoulder: "It's good to see Michael back because it makes me feel young again"
legardj Button says season "should be electric. If not, we're doing something wrong". Important to start year strongly to be in title hunt
legardj Schumacher laughing and joking with Massa in front row of press conference. Chewing hard on gum

Has anyone seen any pictures of the "super diffuser" yet? Or Mercedes other upgrades?

nothing significant, guess we have to wait 'till the 1'st FP

Just a few minor changes so far. Not sure if there will be anything that really stands out. I do expect some better lap times.

I do not know if the car used in testing had the vortex generator right before the side pods along the chassis. If it did not, I expect the front nose to be missing this, and thus more than likely a higher front nose.

I just checked launch pics, it wasn't on the launch car.

Interview with Brawn just before Bahrain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N2WrOG_f9U

Interesting that he says they don't have a triple-diffuser and that there's nothing 'too contentious' about the new diffuser,but can't help contain a sly smile as he said it.

Anyhow-less than 24 hours until we find out. I don't care if it's not utterly radical or something so long as the car's quicker.

Yeah, I'm guessing he's smiling because of the speculation on the internet about some sort of 345345435 deck diffuser. I just think the car has refined upgrades all over. It won't look much different (if the nose isn't changed), but it will be slightly quicker and better balanced.

Rockingham footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SBr2b1Z1mc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z8XCx3P5co
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qu7AlpG7Vc

Ha,true,read all kinds of things myself. I thought it was actually a bit silly to suggest the only way these guys have of coming up with a better diffuser is to add more decks. That'd be pretty one-dimensional. :

I'd like to see if they've tried a different approach with the design itself,though-something in an area not talked about a lot. Doesn't have to be overtly and visibly radical....don't know. We'll see-fingers crossed!

Although the final diffuser may be not triple version, it is still "completed new one". Something is not more complicated, the better.

Yeah, I can't wait until practice tomorrow. Hopefully we'll get some good pictures of what the upgrades look like!

nice videos, but i guess it's still the interim-car, since these are most probably commercial shots

Don't think you'll see anything dramatic. The cars as running in Rockingham were the Bahrain spec cars I believe.

No. I believe those are with the Bahrain updates.

well on some of the frames from the 1st video you can see the diffuser, which looks kinda like the old one

I saw that too. I am hoping for a gargantuan diffuser that spits flames whenever michael has a car slipstreaming him!!

I think Mercedes GP took two configurations to this test, the old one and the new one, to allow Schumacher to compare the two. I would expect they did the filming with the old spec and kept the new spec under wraps for a little while longer.

on second thought you might be right... the FW for example is a new one

thanks a lot! theres other videos too and interviews!

Vortex generators moved from the nose to just before the sidepods, different engine cover to tests (it's the one in the pic from bahrain) and it seems like a new-ish front wing, similar to the "new" one they tested.

It's what I can tell so far. Couldn't make out the new diffuser.

Seeing some of the amazing footage in video 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SBr2b1Z1mc) makes me wish the camera crews could be more 'artistic' with their camera placement during races. Some of these shots would be amazing seeing 20+ cars going past especially in opening laps and mid race battles.

great pictures
http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/bilder/...2436&sort=1
http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/bilder/...2429&sort=1

and theres a lot more http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/bilder/...;sort=1&d=1

Not really, already tested in Barcelona and it was said that a more efficient front wing will used for Bahrain.

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6570/99687693.jpg

That can be hardly the final front wing support, not?

Maybe new wing fitted to old nose?

My thoughts exactly. F1 wouldn't suffer from a more engaging photography. I even think the last time F1 was filmed in a more sophisticated fashion was for Grand Prix...

Something like that, yes. It looks still "unfinished" by all means.

Twitter redbullf1spy

Schumacher strode into the press conference, sat right in the middle, glaring, arms folded. It’s like Darth Vader's in the building…

Schumacher is just too big of a dork to be an ominous figure *anywhere* except on-the-track.

http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/...ock-in-bahrain/

The MS factor ...

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/03/schu...heir-territory/





And from Joe Saward's blog:





http://joesaward.wordpress.com/

Edit: beat to the post!

its funny that all this kind of stuff is written before the season even started. if mercedes had a car capable of winning the early races i could see why someone would writing this like they did with button-rubens case but it all sounds like crap, because if mercedes is third or fourth best car this wont matter at all.

Gary Savage leaving? He's the Operations director and a composites specialist. I think he pioneered the carbonfire gearbox while at BAR-Honda.

You can see MGP diffuser on wri2.net. Picture 3178-138. Not much difference , only in the area around the lamp? Lot of car pictures.

You can see MGP diffuser on wri2.net. Picture 3178-138. Not much difference , only in the area around the lamp? Lot of car pictures. Old front wing also there?

I feared of this. Mercedes want a brand new hierarchy, mainly with German engineers. It seems it wasn't enough to loose both Jenson and Rubens... that's cool. (Or Brawn wants his former collegue to join him - I don't know)

But on other hand: Nico Rosberg has a brand new website, and a twitter account (Nico_Rosberg), we'll see if he is going to be 'active'.

i think they wont show the new things until tomorrow...

I think they had to show it otherwise they couldn't have got the permissions...

he's talking about public pictures...obviously

http://www.wri2.net/preview_image.aspx?rep...178&img=138

The upper deck is a bit wider and higher, creating a larger exit. The lower deck is similar to the previous one. Small vertical fences added to the lower deck. No dramatic changes.

I have compared these picture with the old test photos. The diffuser and front wing showed on Wri2 are totally same with old versions, so I don't think these parts will be used tomorrow.

But can they change car after scrutineering?

Awesome

erm, not really...

Look again. The diffuser is new.