Mercedes deliver behind-the-scenes insight as Lewis Hamilton awaits crucial upgrades
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell have been promised upgrades to their W14, which were due at the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix until it was cancelled.
Inst🍎ead, Mercedes will debut their new parts at ne💙xt weekend’s F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
Du൲ncan Elliot, their head of composite design, said: “It’s fair to say the car is constantly evolving.
“In addition to the underlying deveꦇlopment rate of the car there are also event-specific developments that we target, such as the lo♒w downforce rear wing for events such as Spa.
“It’s fair to say that the development direction can also c൩hange, to try to ensure that we always achieve maximum performance.
“We work closely with the aero group t🐻o optimise the solution ahead of the final release.
“We then work closely with manufacturing to ensure w✱e achieve the best quality c🍎omponents.
“The biggest challenge is always time! The quicker you♋ can go from the tunnel to the track and positively impactꦯ the race weekend, the better.”
Claire Simpson, aerodyn🌳amics group leader, added: “We would do a mixture of testing, so we’d run simulations to try and understand if we can manipulate the flow field in the way that we want to.
🌊“Then if something was to be successful from that test, we would then take it into a wind ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtunnel test and try and understand if it’s improved the aerodynamic performance or not.”
Riccardo Musconi, Mercedes’ head of trackside performance, said: “It’✅s all about striking the right balance between learning about the new upgrade and maximising the performance of that specif🍌ic race weekend.
“The driver feedback is pivotal when we’re bringing a new upgrade and knowing if it perfo🧸rms as intend💫ed.
“The drivers are re𝕴ally good at picking up specific events around the lap and pinpoint them 🍰to the engineers.
“We gather after the debrief anܫd look at those specific examples and find out exactly what was going on at that time, and if the upgrade is doing what we were iܫntended to do.”
Hamilton and Russell do not expect to be instantly challenging the Red Bulls, who🌌 have won all five grands prix in 2023 so far.
But the upgrades brought to Monte Ca♔rlo represent the next major step in Mercedes’ plan toඣ recover after a nightmare year.
The subplot of Hamilto🍷n’s ongoing contract negotiationꦛs also lurks in the background as they frantically seek to improve their car.
James was a sports journalist at Skyꦦ Sports for a decade covering everything from American 🍬sports, to football, to F1.
