New Mercedes front wing design tipped to bring ‘significant lap time gain’

Mercedes' new front wing could bring "sign𒉰ificant lap time gain"❀ at certain F1 tracks.

George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, Monaco,
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Monaco Grand…

Mercedes’ new front wing has been tipped to provide the F1 team with a much-🥃need📖ed “significant lap time gain” at certain circuits.

The German manufacturer introduced an updated front wing design at the Mℱonaco Grand Prix which did not feature the previous ‘legality strip’ element as part of a change in development path, with Mercedes still batt🦋ling to cure the W15’s biggest weakness - its inconsistent performance in both high and low speed corners.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell ran the updated design in Monaco after168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton proposed his teammate♉ should use the only version of the front wing in Monaco. Both drivers are set to have the revised front wing at the next race in Canada.

Analysing the impact of the change, F1 expert Mark Hughes wrote on: "The new wing is ent🌜irely re-profiled and has bee๊n designed to give more consistent traits throughout the speed range of the car. There is expected to be less of a balance change through the speed range.

“Around Monaco, which is almost all low-speed corners, simulation suggested the new wi♏ng would bring a tiny gain. But around circuits with a bigger spread of corner speeds it is expected to bring significant lap time gain.

“Both cars should have the wing🌳 in time for the next race, in Montreal, but it’s expected that Barcelona🅷 – in two race’s time – will show the full benefit of the wing.

“It could be a stꩲep forward in helping to turn a🦋round what has been a challenging year so far for the Silver Arrows.”

Hamilton claimed that he lost “two tenths" of a second to Russell in qualifying due to using the ཧteam’s older front wing specification.

The seven-time world champion qualified and finished seventh, 🐎two places behind Russe🥀ll.

According to Mercedeജs’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin, the update delivered the expected gains in Monaco.

“All the data we have se🐭en says that it was delivering ﷽performance, it was bringing a benefit,” Shovlin explained in Mercedes’ post-race debrief video.

“In terms of how ꦗthe car was feeling, George was was happy with with that and he could feel that it was a step in the right direction. So we’re definitely happy with what we’ve seen to date.

“But we will learn more in Montreal and then particularly when you get to a track like Barc𝓀elona with a wider corne🎃r speed range, you can really start to learn about it there.”

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