{"id":5056,"date":"2010-05-06T15:08:04","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T19:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=5056"},"modified":"2010-05-06T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T19:08:04","slug":"new-mercedes-airbox-solution-cool-says-rosberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/new-mercedes-airbox-solution-cool-says-rosberg\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mercedes airbox solution ‘cool’ says Rosberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Mercedes surprised the F1 world with its airbox abolishment on Thursday, Nico Rosberg crowned the innovation “cool” and “futuristic”.<\/p>\n

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“That’s cool if you can do something new that nobody else has on their car,” said the German, after the updated W01 car was seen in the Barcelona paddock without a traditional airbox above the drivers’ head.<\/p>\n

Instead, the rollover structure is now knife-sharp, with air now being fed into the normally-aspirated V8 engine via two inlets further back in the engine cover.<\/p>\n

“I think it looks really futuristic,” Rosberg told Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport.<\/p>\n

However, the 24-year-old also had to confirm reports that Mercedes is not yet ready to debut its full F-duct system in Spain this weekend.<\/p>\n

“I’m sorry, we don’t have the F-duct system like McLaren,” said Rosberg.<\/p>\n

“The rear wing is basically the same as it was in Shanghai.\u00a0 The longer wheelbase and the airbox are the only fundamental changes.”<\/p>\n

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