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Spanish Grand Prix Tech Updates
The Spanish Grand Prix marks the beginning of the European stint of the season and is therefore an excellent opportunity for teams to bring major updates to their cars. With teams running new front wings, mirrors, underfloors and much more, the Spanish GP is the first time teams (and us) get to see the performance of their new development parts out on track.
Mercedes have modified their front wing once again this season. The top element of the new spec does not extend as far inboard as the old design. Furthermore, the inboard section of the second element from the top is now wider and features two ‘fingers’ towards the end on the inboard side.
Front wing companions of the Mercedes W10 between the new spec (left) and old spec (right) at the Spanish GP Another talking point of the W10 that arrived in Spain is the new mirror design. The mounting from the main chassis now swoops over the top of the mirror.
Mirror comparison of the Mercedes W10 between the Chinese GP (right) and the Spanish GP (left)
With Ferrari introducing their aero updates in Baku earlier than planned, they have also brought their power unit upgrade to the Spanish Grand Prix – two races ahead of schedule. ‘Having started the season in Melbourne we recognised that somehow we may have been late on our performance compared to our competitors and we tried simply to push on all the main items where we were already planning developments,...
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racecar-engineering
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