Mercedes Breaks The 20,000 RPM Barrier

Alx · 07-25-2006, 11:32 AM

As you can probably tell its been a fairly slow morning for Mercedes news, but for all you F1 fanatics, I did manage to find this small nugget of information.

It turns out, Mercedes-Benz has become the second engine maker in F1 to break the elusive 20,000 revs/minute barrier. The first engine maker to achieve the milestone was Cosworth, William's current supplier, but that didn't stop Mercedes' Norbert Haug from reportedly taking great delight when his team achieved the same mark.

"We've cracked 20,000," Haug was reported as saying in Eurosport AutoMagazin.

Now if only the McLaren Mercedes F1 team could actually win a race...

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bum-man · 07-25-2006, 04:12 PM

Impressive, Now if only Mclaren can get the aero/cooling and mechanical grip right they will have a race winning car.

JaBriX · 07-25-2006, 05:02 PM

Its funny in the history of the Mclaren-Mercedes often Mercedes is the weakest-link of their package but it seems this year the chassis from Mclaren is a bit of a dissapointment.

I believe the Mercedes engine is one of the best out there on the grid and I think a while back this year there was this F1 magazine who used sound pitch test to determine the rev of each team and Mclaren-Mercedes had the 2nd highest revving engine (behind cosworth).

The Emperor · 07-26-2006, 07:10 AM

I hope my friend Alex won't be mad, but i'm moving this to Formula 1 section...

bum-man · 07-26-2006, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JaBriX

Its funny in the history of the Mclaren-Mercedes often Mercedes is the weakest-link of their package but it seems this year the chassis from Mclaren is a bit of a dissapointment.

I think the final buyout of Ilmor mid season last year and the dropping of any development other than F1 has led to most of their success. To bad the team always has problems of one sort or another and just can't get it together and win a damn WDC.

siko · 07-26-2006, 09:10 PM

Let's not forget that the Cosworth engine only broke the 20k barrier in a lab... not on a ractrack!

So kudos to MB

cawimmer430 · 07-28-2006, 07:14 AM

Strange, I didn't spot any VTEC or Type-R stickaz on the engine.

The Emperor · 07-28-2006, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by cawimmer430

Strange, I didn't spot any VTEC or Type-R stickaz on the engine.

Haha! That's a good one, Christian!

cawimmer430 · 07-28-2006, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TycoonGTR

Haha! That's a good one, Christian!

Honda baby!

07-25-2006, 11:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
Alx 007 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: -Poconos, PA.- 2005 Aston Martin DB9 Posts: 5,458 My Mood: Thanks: 886 Thanked 551 Times in 224 Posts	Mercedes Breaks The 20,000 RPM Barrier As you can probably tell its been a fairly slow morning for Mercedes news, but for all you F1 fanatics, I did manage to find this small nugget of information. It turns out, Mercedes-Benz has become the second engine maker in F1 to break the elusive 20,000 revs/minute barrier. The first engine maker to achieve the milestone was Cosworth, William's current supplier, but that didn't stop Mercedes' Norbert Haug from reportedly taking great delight when his team achieved the same mark. "We've cracked 20,000," Haug was reported as saying in Eurosport AutoMagazin. Now if only the McLaren Mercedes F1 team could actually win a race... For more info, head over to - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for the full story.

07-25-2006, 04:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
bum-man Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,734 Thanks: 64 Thanked 88 Times in 59 Posts	Re: Mercedes Breaks The 20,000 RPM Barrier Impressive, Now if only Mclaren can get the aero/cooling and mechanical grip right they will have a race winning car.

07-25-2006, 05:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
JaBriX Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Mercedes Breaks The 20,000 RPM Barrier Its funny in the history of the Mclaren-Mercedes often Mercedes is the weakest-link of their package but it seems this year the chassis from Mclaren is a bit of a dissapointment. I believe the Mercedes engine is one of the best out there on the grid and I think a while back this year there was this F1 magazine who used sound pitch test to determine the rev of each team and Mclaren-Mercedes had the 2nd highest revving engine (behind cosworth).

07-26-2006, 07:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
The Emperor Malicious Persecutor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Where noone has gone before... Posts: 9,141 My Mood: Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 1,567 Times in 952 Posts	Re: Mercedes Breaks The 20,000 RPM Barrier I hope my friend Alex won't be mad, but i'm moving this to Formula 1 section...

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siko Devotee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 3,586 My Mood: Thanks: 815 Thanked 688 Times in 362 Posts	Re: Mercedes Breaks The 20,000 RPM Barrier Let's not forget that the Cosworth engine only broke the 20k barrier in a lab... not on a ractrack! So kudos to MB

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