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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I have noticed how compared to Red Bull and other teams that are using the beam wing to enlarge the diffuser, Mercedes appear to be going a different route. The roof of their diffuser is quite flat, rather than having a late expansion ratio, where its smaller a bit further inboard.
I have noticed how compared to Red Bull and other teams that are using the beam wing to enlarge the diffuser, Mercedes appear to be going a different route. The roof of their diffuser is quite flat, rather than having a late expansion ratio, where its smaller a bit further inboard.
I have noticed how compared to Red Bull and other teams that are using the beam wing to enlarge the diffuser, Mercedes appear to be going a different route. The roof of their diffuser is quite flat, rather than having a late expansion ratio, where its smaller a bit further inboard.
In theory….
They are being very aggressive with the diffuser (as was common in the old regulation set).
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Thats a very interesting look at some of the changes that they've moved onto their car.
The shift in front suspension, aero treatment of suspension arms as conditioning vanes to floor and pod geometry, the strakes at floor entrance and treatment of the first strake from chassis centre and its extension forward.
That first (nearest to centre of car) strake appears to hold some considerable influence on performance of diffuser characteristics with many team making obvious shift here. Looks like it may hold greater primary influence over accumulation curve of floor download, increase in input flow could flatten/cap that curve response to prevent rear end characteristics going into porpoising territory.