2023-07-13 06:01:10
For some years now Red Bull Racing rules in Formula 1 thanks to the great work that its engineers have done in the design of the single-seater. Here Adrian Newey has done his job perfectly, who, thanks to his ability, has given Max Verstappen and Checo Pérez the best car on the grid in the category.
Given this scenario, the other Formula 1 teams, on many occasions, want to match Red Bull Racing. One of them, and main competitor of the brand of energizersit is Mercedes, who wants to return to her golden era where Lewis Hamilton was the king of the Great Circus.
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It should be remembered that Mercedes opted for a downwash-style sidepod solution from Red Bull at this year’s Monaco Grand Prix, but according to the German marque’s team principal, Toto Wolff, when they tested a design of the austrian team in their wind tunnel they made their car worse.
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Also, Toto Wolff referred to the conformation of his car: “We had the concept of the sidepod and the bodywork in the tunnel from the beginning, to see what routes might be opened up and how much it would add to performance. And the relative loss of downforce, The way we measured it, it was considerable. So it’s not something we wanted to do at the beginning of the year.”
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Also, the Mercedes team boss revealed how the brand’s car will be made in the future: “Will we change our design direction? I think we have a great group of aerodynamicists led by James and I’m sure it will be a consideration seeing the step they have taken. The sidepods and bodywork are just one part of the chassis, and it clearly looks like there are interesting solutions opening up.”
Finally, Toto Wolff assured: “But most of the performance comes from the floor and the diffuser, and we have not seen how they have interpreted the regulations and how they have done it. In my opinion, it’s just the fact that we see strong cars looking a bit the same when looking from the side and from the top down, and it certainly played into our minds back in the day.”
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