It’s a radical new solution that can give them up to a second more
An innovative cooling system has allowed them to implement this novelty
Mercedes has surprised with a radical new design in its W13 for the Bahrain tests. The team has appeared on the circuit with an updated W13 without sidepods.
The information that came from Italy that Mercedes he was preparing a radical version of his W13. Here is the new Mercedes without pontoons.
The German team uses a new car with sidepods reduced to the maximum, which is a great revolution compared to what was presented in the first tests. From Italy they anticipated that this new provision can generate a gain of up to one second per lap, according to the tests carried out in the simulator. These tests precisely have the objective of seeing if this evolution represents a step forward or not.
How has Mercedes managed to almost get rid of the pontoons? Apparently the engineering couple formed by James Allison and Jeff Owens have found a way to do without them with an innovative cooling system in the highest part of the chassis that can significantly improve the performance of the W13.
Is this legit? It seems that Mercedes has asked the FIA for several clarifications on the regulations to verify that this revolutionary car complies with the technical rules. This is because the Federation, in its regulations this year, has included an article that allows it to prohibit any element that goes once morest the spirit of the rules. But apparently this novelty introduced by Mercedes complies with the regulations because it takes advantage of one of the so-called ‘gray areas’.
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