Never in my life would I have thought that Keanu Reeves would talk about Mercedes Upgrades.

Like James said to Ted in Imola, they have been snorting the white powder in Brackley

I think Merc was doing one or two parts per GP to enable them to ensure that the car still correlates and moves in the right direction. Rather than chucking a ridiculous number of parts and something unknown not working, this probably allowed them to focus on and iterate on small things while also enabling them to throw more parts at it in subsequent races.

Give James Alison his credit been saying he’s as good as newey but no one believes me

If you think about it, the w15 was a complete new concept, chassis and car.. For Them to catch up like they have done, is really : a job well done 🙂

I always knew James Allison will wake up Mercedes again..... And we saw what Hamilton can do when he has a decent car.....

It's amazing and exciting time. I watched an interview with James Allison on F1 channel not too long ago, where he talked about the car development. I remember he said something like: "It’s not that we have discovered something new, but rather, we thought, how could we have been so dumb?🤦‍♂" which suggests that they have finally cracked the direction they need to go and it reflects in the results. I always felt that Lewis did mistake by choosing Ferrari, when Allison got back.

Another site said the blister on the nose is there to accommodate the increased the size of the suspension arms and changing the heave spring which has reduced oscillating and made the suspension more stable and predictable. Maybe this is what James Allison was referring to that something that was obvious but they overlooked was what caused problems in 22&23?

When the season started first 5 races i thought again it'll be an boring season, but its getting even interesting the more races happen. Next year i expect it'll be like 2021

I believe the new front end ‘third element’ is a large Belleville washer type damper now, with dampening fluid pressurized between the washers. This makes it both a damper and highly linear and more predictable sprung device

Mercedes has demonstrated their ability to rapidly develop their car, outpacing all other teams. Having now grasped the nuances of the new regulation era, I anticipate they will be the fastest car in the latter half of the season.

It broke my heart to see alot of people lose faith in mercedes while the haters gloated over there downfall. I for one never lost faith in my favorite team and it feels so good to see all there hard work pay off as they propel themselves to the front of the grid again. Can't wait to see the the rest of the season and I'm even more excited to see what they can bring to the table in 2025 😊

I believe James Allison was able to figure Cheatbulls trick. Obviously McLaren figured it out earlier this season. Game on now.

yesterday i was amazed (as usual) by the quality of your analysis videos but today i am once again amazed by the frequency of your analysis videos! im so glad you're using this break before Hungary to really break down what's gone on during the triple header, there's a lot to unpack and you're absolutely killing it keep on cooking!!

Glad i found this channel! Cheers for the content

Nice to see your channel grow with subscribers bud 👍

Kudos for the effort in making high quality videos, it's showing 👍🏼

I was looking forward to this video! Cheers! 😊

Your videos are getting better all the time. Well done to you, keep up the excellent work. You are now my go-to for the latest in the development race, a nice little niche you have found! Love the Keanu banter in the chat too! 😂

Love the detailed videos.

More than anything having James back where he belongs is the biggest upgrade Mercedes really needed. With that said what ever he is doing is working. I’m thinking that by next year if Allison stays in this old role Merc will definitely be fighting RedBull for wins and maybe even a championship.

Take Max out of that RB and it’s a midfield player. Lewis’ win at Silverstone was amazing, if you have a plan which gives you access to Driver cams with unedited team radio go back and rewatch Lewis on the last couple laps, it was heart warming once he crossed that line how emotional he was over the radio. If your looking for info on the driver cooling vents and you have F1 TV Pro they did a episode on them in Tech Talk.

Mate, I think this car is probably mercs greatest achievement, they've built a seriously competitive car without an inherited engine advantage, for the 1st time. Hats off to everyone at merc ❤

Some intresting fact Merc actually get pole at Hungary at 2022 & 2023 even though their car is terrible. Im not saying they will be on pole this year but Hungary and mercedes have some intresting relationship

Genuine question regarding the “cooling” system Mercedes are using. How does it work effectively if there are no openings for air to go through? How can it effectively cool the car and driver down if there are a bunch of mechanical parts in the way? I can see one of the big teams challenge this upgrade to the FIA.

Taking what we've seen from Mercedes together with what we've heard from Redbull... I think it's pretty clear that one very important part of this regulation set is using suspension tricks to manipulate the ride height to get the most out of the floor.

James Allison is a genius

Need a video on George Russell's driving style - plus his qualifying versus his race pace. Why he can't manage tyres like Lewis can.

awesome content my guy!

Merc is building a rocketship again. Max has to go to Merc.

I don’t think anyone in the F1 world except for me maybe, can sense that Mercedes is about to dominate the 2nd half the season or end of the season. Their Suspension geometry shows the limitations of the pullrod in any configuration. Redbull and McLaren can’t do nothing about until it’s change and that’s until….unfortunately 2026.

Thanks for considering my request

Honesty since this new ground effect area everybody knows the Redbull secret is in the suspension. They do it legally or not we don't know,but what we know they are able to keep the floor always at ideal ride height from the track. They have something in the suspension which always adjust self to the optimum ride height ,so doesn't matter if the car is empty or super heavy. Teams knows that a very long time, but obviously they didn't know how the Redbull do it since it would be illegal any electronic, hydraulic solution, but they do it legally (FIA allowed). The McLaren figured out first and now the Mercedes also playing with suspension. Lets see if Aston also got something similar in Hungary...

Mercedes thinks outside the box when it's comes to ideas on upgrades. Also, I think their development plan is only just beginning. Red bull and Mclaren seam to hitting a peak in concept but mercedes are just at the start, it should be worry for others how quickly they have caught up given how little the developed in the first 6 gps. Hungary will be very warm gp, so we will see if they have improved in hotter conditions, currently projected as being 31c for the weekend.

James Alison has prove that he greatest cheif technical director he had already proved that in W11 and W12 Toto wolff is the great CEO and team principal of Mercedes and our favourite Lewis hamilton greatest of all time ❤

Good analysis 👍

The key for Mercedes is adding new parts in small steps, limiting the changing variables on the car. This way they managed to fix the correlation between the simulations and the real life performance. That was the main problem Mercedes struggled with and the main reason why it took so long for them to not being able to improve or reinvent the car.

Mark my words, zero pods will be back.

Started seeing this circulating around on X about 5 days ago, and more people are taking about it. Hats off to the team at Mercedes for never giving up. Still wondering if this was what had them say "how could we have been so stupid?" Maybe not, but they are making huge gains.

Thanks Kermit. Great vid again.

I think they've somehow reinvented the mass damper without it appearing to be a mass damper.

Yes yes John Wick this is great but we're still waiting for a 50k celebration video. We want to know your name and what your background is for how you got so knowledgeable. All delivered in a John Wick suit

Great content. Neo on F1.👍

Apparently the Ferrari is porpoising because their downforce upgrades were a bit too effective for the suspension to handle. Considering that the suspension is integral to the chasis design and cannot be easily changed, does this imply that we are going to see Ferrari struggle for a while yet?

I love how u wear the merch about the team that u r talking about😅

Please make a video on Aston Martin B spec car coming for next gp

This page keeps getting better. Any thoughts on bringing an occasional second person. I feel podcasts benefit from having an extra person to banter with. Just my humble thoughts

Yep Im one of those people that said "Mercedes will not get a win on any track" but they prove me wrong. 😑 😅

Damn bro not even a minute and 6 comments already, bro making numbers

I’m still hyped about HAAS and feel bad for Steiner 😂 I liked the guy

The Alpha Romeo model on your shelf is wonky and it’s really bugging me 😂 Great content as usual dude 👌

Nice outro animation

Hello there been following you recently enjoy your work,i think the Mercedes is the fastest can on the grid now..

What if zero pod returns now that they have the floor figured out? /s

Aston come on make a comeback already!!!

Great video mate. MB have been constantly chipping away at the block to the derision of content creators. But I think their efforts are starting to deliver fruit. The thing with this approach, is that we are likely to see a steady progression that will see this car competing closer and closer to the front. It isalso development that has largely gone "undetected" by the opposition and now that the results are now starting to be felt on the track, confidence in the team will grow. Promises some interesting outcomes going forward. Other teams went on the copy/paste method, MB seem to have data searched the remedy. Both are valid though as we have seen with Mclaren. My only concern with Mclaren is whether they now have data enough to keep pace.

Great videos mate, honestly the most informative f1 channel. I don't know how many hours you put into these videos but I imagine it's a hell of a lot. It is much appreciated and keep up the great work 👍

Bro the upgrade news are great and much appreciated and all…. But what i want to know is what hair product do you use man, i mean damn my hair is long and doesnt look like that

We are so fucking back.

0:50 Ofcourse man, you deserve All of it

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, Mercedes is only the third fastest car at the moment. Mercedes is my team and they’ve made a great step forward, but they’re not quite at the front yet.

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Mercedes always has a suspension trick, it's gotta be something that optimizes the front.

Added room for the shocks of the car seems like a good trade-off in the ground-effect era 😊 regulating the ride height meticulously was illustrated by Red Bull in Monaco as something to be desired. (Sorry, Red Bull - I respect you 🙏) Great video! 👌

I think is important to understand the car you start the year with...the data from testing is crucial...i really hope more testing is allowed for 2026 cars

Do you feel confident that if MER look good in FP1 and FP2 that it will correlate to the Sunday race? Thanks!

This man knows his stuff! 💯 Love your channel brother! 🫡

Does Ferrari falling back, due to porpoising, now prove it is RB’s suspension layout or nothing? The beginning of the season seemed to prove that wrong, but now no, especially given what Ferrari is struggling with.

So their biggest performance gain has come from a type of dampening/suspension thingamebob and not from aero including their so called super flexy front wing. Which means now they can play with the aero because they can run the car super low without bouncing/porpoising

Feeling that the McLaren with the new updates is a step back. Their strenght was always their tyre wear, in silverstone norris was nowhere near lewis in the end with lap times while both were on the softs and pushing. Even piastri wasn’t quicker then Max on new meds.

I think it’s a monster sized heave damper running in parallel with the normal heave damper. The normal damper is just normal 🤔 The monster damper is set to be activated a millimeter or less before the car reaches the ride height where it starts porpoising. Obviously it is set to have its damping at its maximum at the frequency of porpoising. If it’s as humongously powerful and big as I believe it to be, then it will obviously need to be cooled a lot which will make the statement about cooling right. Next updated could then be a less severe and more compact solution for the rear axle. I know I am probably rambling, but hey it’s great to let one’s phantasy run wild 😃 Greetings from Denmark

Mercedes will become fastest team by the end of the summer break

Meanwhile Ferrari: Lost 3 months of development time

Can u do a video on Ferraris problems although new ARB are coming in spa to help with bouncing

If the car is able to lower itself then wouldn't that be a type of "Active suspension " ?

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Do you think Redbull have a major update planned or are they bidding their time to keep development for next years car? considering how far ahead max is on points. Thanks as always.

Mercedes' winning conditions are actually the same as those of McLaren and Ferrari. Solving the problem of car development is the first and foremost fundamental. The first and most important thing is to develop the platform, that is, the chassis itself. The second step is the rear suspension problem, and there are not many solutions here. Some compensation plans need to be made. The third step is to increase the downforce of the car so that the car has enough cornering grip. As long as the problem is solved, it is not a problem to beat Red Bull. The current development progress is actually not extreme enough. There is a cost ceiling limit. Otherwise, everything will be much faster. It should have happened in the 2023 season. Red Bull's ability to solve problems is actually declining, and they have ignored the most important engineer, and Nuremberg is very important for car development. He is an important engineer. Red Bull cannot win by Verstappen alone.

Mercedes upgrades are finally working and Ferrari took a step back is why I think Mercedes are doing good. If Ferrari fix thier upgrade I could see Mercedes drop back to 4th best team

My only concern is whether this upgrade from Mercedes will be called illegal by the FIA?

We believe that the Mercedes teams biggest gain has come from their 'Wind Tunnel' analysis program being upgraded to improve design results & refinement. Ever since the Mercedes team dropped the ball, in 2022, by making the wrong driver combination choice, all F1 fans were shocked & disappointed to see the teams very slow recovery caused by team arrogance refusing to accept that their data analysis systems was not giving them accurate feedback.

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something i only noticed recently that the W15 floor, especially the upper surface of it shaping in a low profile mountain shape. with its apex right at the middle of the sidepod. but my eyes could be deceiving me. usually/normally it would look like a "valley". that have the middle part sits the lowest. this time the middle part bulging up. which i believe has nothing to do with the contour of the lower surface of the floor. which led me to think it must be to SLOW down the flow going to that channel under the sidepod bulge. creating a "chokepoint" . which is coherent to how ground effect floor panel should be treated. contrary to the initial concept of the mercedes W 13. that "chokepoint" would hold up the flow and let the flow under the floor flows faster in deficit to the flow over the floor panel. this is the same treatment that the redbull have been using since the beginning of the ground effect seasons. not sure what inside that bulge on the nosecone. most likely about something, a pivot point of a "rocker" that must sits higher, or something like that, to produce certain behaviour or certain movement range of the wishbones. while lowering the anchor point of the front's second wishbone, the bone that sits closer to the sidepod intake, is to shift the wishbone moving angle slightly rearwards. the effect : that car will transfer its velocity into front load to the suspension BETTER when the car is decelerating/braking. providing better front bite when using a chassis with a MUCH rearwards of standing weight distribution.

Variable rate heave damper, as the load increases rate rises to stop bottoming and porpoising, creates more stable platform

I said on Sunday Lewis will get the win in Budapest as well. :-)

First, forget about George winning races now. Lewis is back, so George is gonna have to really be on his game! Lewis winning Silverstone has blown through his lack of confidence in himself, so he's now going to be tough to beat!😊

I think, the front wing flexing cost them to slow speed cornering.

Will Aston Martin also have this suspension upgrade in Hungary?

Can you make a video about Ferrari's failed upgrades?

I wonder what the zero pod would be like if it was able to run this low

I think Merc will have an advantage in the latter half of the season. The car seems so planted.

I feel that Mercedes still has the slower concept but they understand their car far better than say Ferrari who we know has a fast car, but they clearly don’t understand it due to the lack of working upgrades

What happened to all of the commenters a few months ago that assured us all that Red Bull would dominate this entire season. Lewis is now rethinking his plan to leave the Merc.

The most useful pimple ever lol

I guess Ferrari wishes they took the slow but steady upgrade pace like this instead of what they did

f1 is f1 again

*At one point the sim wasn't working properly it looks like they've rectified the sim. I was questioning if mercedes would be back in great form till 2026! But everyone is surprised with the progress! But what's going on with ferrari have they dropped the ball again??*

Does anyone with extensive Formula 1 history know the last time a team made upgrades this frequently?

Something interesting to think about is, what if red bull always had the best aero since the beginning of these new regulations but Mercedes have always been the better engine manufacturer. Mercedes engines are starting to cook again

Christian Horner must be calling the FIA crying for this Mercedes upgrade.... Remember when he threats with abandon F1 if FIA dont't eliminate the Mercedes hybrid motor?