On the eve of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, Mercedes showed off their long-awaited upgrades for their troubled 2023 F1 car which includes new sidepods, front suspension and floor.
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Did Merc drop their flat rear wing? Seems like they're using this medium wing everywhere now. Can't help but think it will be too draggy down the straight.
Did Merc drop their flat rear wing? Seems like they're using this medium wing everywhere now. Can't help but think it will be too draggy down the straight.
I am afraid you seem to be correct but we will see in FP if they use this wing. I am hoping they don’t
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Was the mid wing always so close to the inlet on the side pods? In the photos just posted it looks like the trailing edge is touching/part of the upper side pod intake
They didn’t even bring a low df rear wing! The car still has a lot of drag…
I really hope for their own sake that is just to give them more development for the big upgrade! Also Allison had mentioned there will be a new rear suspension for Baku…where was it?
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Merc are not wasting valuable time on one time upgrades to the car on Baku circuit, if you watch Shub's video, current car and sidepod config blow maximum to the center of the rear wing, that's why they use this mid-blown spoon wing. They're gonna change it when the car and sidepod package will be updated in my opinion.
