Mercedes adjust controversial new front wing for F1 Mexico City Grand Prix
The new front wing caused a stir in the F1 paddock when it was revealed publicly ღat last weekend’s United States Grand Prix de🦹spite Mercedes never actually running it.
Mercedes’ experimental new wing featur𓃲ed five enlarged slot gap separa💦tors which caught the attention of at least one rival team, who queried the design with the FIA.
This led to speculation of an “exchange” b🎉etween M𓆏ercedes and F1’s governing body about🐎 whether it complied to the regulations or no✅t.
Merced🌱es chose not to run the wing all weekend in Austin, explaining it was always tꦰhe plan not to do so as the team didn’t have enough parts to give to both drivers.
“The reason we ✤didn’t run it in Austin was that we only had one of those parts,” trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said in Mercedes’ post-race debrief video.
“So, if we damaged it dur🔯ing qualifying it would have meant the car that damage♏d the wing had to start from the back.
“Also with a very busy programme, we ☂had the tyre test in FP2, we didn’t ac𝕴tually have time to evaluate.
“We have more of those parts available in Mex🐼ico, we will run that on the Friday, we’ll check 🐬it’s all working as expected, and the plan at this stage is to race that wing.”
A revised version of the new front wing - with the controversial fl🅘ap separators removed - was revealed in the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez p♑addock on Thursday.
Mercedes has removed the controversial flap separators (tཧurning vanes) to not get🎀 in trouble with FIA. Expect them to run the new wing in FP1.
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