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Saturday's qualifying session programmed at Nürburgring got off under mixed weather conditions. The new aerodynamical updates, introduced by MERCEDES GP PETRONAS and destined to improve the car's overall behaviour, functioned more than satisfaying for both drivers, thus enabling them to set faster, closer to ideal, times. If in the morning during FP3, his car was working fine, in the afternoon, however, Michael struggled with pace and was forced to substantially fight with the Silver Arrow in order to counteract the single-seater's tendency to slip away from the optimal track. Low grip made it even more difficult than it already was, as the continuous correction manouevres from the steering wheel cost him valuable milliseconds and thus the former F1 champion was sent to P10. On the other hand, Nico felt more comfortable with his car and performed better than expected in all of the three qualifying rounds. In the end, he managed to overpass him mate in the standings by finishing 6th, the utmost performance that could have been achieved with this technical package and set-up during the day, according to Ross Brawn, team principal.
Check out more photos captured yesterday on the famous German circuit after you press the jump button!
* Official photos courtesy of MERCEDES GP PETRONAS *
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As you may already know from a previous post, the new Mercedes-Benz Actros is participating at the Record Run 2011, a complete 7-day journey on a total distance of 10,000 km between Rotterdam (NL) - Sczeczin (PL) - Rotterdam (NL) whose aim is to discover the efficiency potential of a heavy-duty vehicle. The new generation of this multi-awarded truck is competing as Record Chaser against the Record Holder: the Actros 1844 Euro V "Nardo" (MP 3), a champion of fuel economy and low CO2 emissions. There are not one, but two models attempting to beat the current record: the Actros 1844 LS Euro V and the Actros 1844 LS Euro VI. The trip started back on 26th June and will come to an end today, 2nd July, when the fleet composed of the three trucks is scheduled to return to the Dutch harbour city, where it all started one week ago. At the moment, the teams are crossing Germany nearing Hannover.
Read more interesting technical details and see further images after you press the jump button!
Overall Performance 26.06.2011 - 01.07.2011
Actros 1844 LS Euro V (MP 3)
Distance covered up to now: 7794 km
Speed: 77.66 km/h
Fuel Mileage: 26,89 l/100 km
Actros 1845 LS Euro V (MP 4)
Distance covered up to now: 7810 km
Speed: 77.44 km/h
Fuel Mileage: 24.85 l/100 km
Actros 1845 LS Euro VI (MP 4)
Distance covered up to now: 7794 km
Speed: 77.47 km/h
Fuel Mileage: 25.66 l/100 km
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Comparison data: 1844 LS Euro V / 1845 LS Euro V / 1845 LS Euro VI
Kilometres driven*: 9.468 km / 9.494 km / 9.470 km
Current speed*: 84 kph / 13 kph / - kph
Use of speed control system***: 88 % / 84 % / 89 %
Time stationary with engine running***: 1h 17min 33s / 1h 12min 13s / 1h 04min 46s
Time stationary with engine off***: 13h 05min 58s / 12h 44min 02s / 13h 00min 57s
Service braking distance***: 0,69 % / 0,66 % / 0,68 %
Number of stops**: 175 / 169 / 183
Use of wear-free brakes***: 3,09 % / 2,92 % / 3,09 %
Vehicle weight: 40t / 40t / 40t
*Update every 10 min. ; **Update ~ every 4h ; ***Update ~ every 24h
Source: Record Run 2011
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