F1 Fans React To The New “Extraterrestrial” Mercedes W13 After Surprising Update For Bahrain Testing
Fans gasped and cheered as Mercedes revealed its W13 F1 car for this week’s testing in Bahrain.
It’s been quite a couple of days as teams have battled with the idea of competing with the new sidepod-less Mercedes. Red Bull’s Christian Horner was misquoted saying he thought the sidepod design change was illegal, and while this has been proven to be wrong (he actually doesn’t mind it), Ferrari has complained about its fancy new mirrors.
But what do fans think? Let’s dig in!
What do fans think of the new Mercedes W13?
Mercedes domination
Good job FIA in allowing this. This is going to end the sport. With budget cap no teams can spend much to catchup to mercedes dominance again. Mercedes will surely get the next 10 years title.
— Gowtham V (@mytechshout07) March 10, 2022
“Good job FIA in allowing this. This is going to end the sport. With budget cap no teams can spend much to catch up to Mercedes dominance again. Mercedes will surely get the next 10 years title.”
Will it make overtakes harder?
This design will have a significant impact on @FIA objective of reducing the dirty air behind the car. The airflow in this case is likely to increase the turbulent air making it difficult for the cars following it. @FIA needs to determine if the air throughput satisfies the goal.
— OneVoice (@onevoice_1) March 10, 2022
“This design will have a significant impact on @FIA objective of reducing the dirty air behind the car. The airflow in this case is likely to increase the turbulent air making it difficult for the cars following it. @FIA needs to determine if the air throughput satisfies the goal.”
Extraterrestrial?
@alliewanjiru Christian Horner about to complain that We have brought EXTRATERRESTRIAL equipment 😂
— Mugo_G 🔴 (@The_Duke_001) March 10, 2022
“Christian Horner about to complain that We have brought EXTRATERRESTRIAL equipment.”
Not to everyone’s taste?
https://twitter.com/relyt02/status/1501817698317123586
“It looks so weird. No doubt it’s fast, but I don’t like it.”
Is it time for early celebrations?
Congrats on the 9th constructors and Lewis Hamiltons 8th, you’ve built a sexy beast pic.twitter.com/jd7p5335Qc
— GeorgeK VII 👑 (@GeorgeK_VII) March 10, 2022
“Congrats on the 9th constructors and Lewis Hamilton’s 8th, you’ve built a sexy beast.”
Imagine keeping this a secret…
Huge shoutout to Lewis Hamilton, George Russell & everybody at @MercedesAMGF1 for keeping a straight face at every single interview knowing they had this monster to unleash. It’s a work of art. Here’s to another 8 in a row 🥂 #f1 #F1Testing
— Chris (@chefsmith28) March 10, 2022
“Huge shoutout to Lewis Hamilton, George Russell & everybody at @MercedesAMGF1for keeping a straight face at every single interview knowing they had this monster to unleash. It’s a work of art. Here’s to another 8 in a row.”
It may look good, but does it work?
Emmm, why Lewis cars is bouncing like a Kangaroo 🦘 while the other cars actually improved ?…
— RamonRnR (@RLN78246125) March 10, 2022
“Emmm, why Lewis cars is bouncing like a Kangaroo while the other cars actually improved ?…”
