Could a small rule change hurt Mercedes in F1 2023?
Mercedes endured their worst year in F1 since 2012, registering just one victory and one poleꦆ position in the entire season.
They finished third in the ꦇconstructors’ championship, well behind eventual winn🅷ers Red Bull.
Mercedes were caught out by the new regulations at the start of the season, struggling with the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:porpoising phenomenon.
Eventually, Mercedes got on top of it and reduced the deficit to Red Bul🏅🌠l and Ferrari significantly by the end of the year.
H🌟owever, for 2023, a new regulation change could set back their hopes of progressing and re-emerging as a domi꧋nant force.
In a bid to reduce the teams’ ability to run their cars as clo🎶se to the track as possible, the FIA has increased the outer floor edges by 🌳15 millimetres with no more than five millimetres vertical deflection when a 250N load is applied downwards as well as 5 millimetre vertically when the same load is applied upwards.
Mercedes struggled to get their W13 working when running a higher ride hei𓆏gཧht in 2022 - something that could catch them out.
"There's a regulation change next year, which is small but not insignificant in te🧸rms of the right height and the cars have all got to run at a higher ride height," Chandhok said.
"Which is the one team historically that hasn't run at a high ride height? The brain power that won all those world championships is still there in 🌠Brackley and Brixworth. But I don't think it's as easy to fix yet as you might think."
With a sharp eye for F1’s controversies and storylines, Connor is the heartbeaꦯt of our unbiased reporting.
