Mercedes clarify why George Russell got the new Mercedes front wing over Lewis Hamilton.
Mercedes have revealed that they plan to “alternate” which of their drivers get any of the new upgrades first after
Teams typically tend to give whichever driver is ahead in the points standings the upgrade first, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at Mercedes. “We make the first, then the second, then the third. And an upshot of that is that we had one we could bring to Monaco, have it ready for Friday to do the weekend. A while ago the drivers said, ‘Why do we always wait until we’ve got a full set?. Why not just let one of us run it?’
Given the unique nature of Monaco, Shovlin admitted that the true benefit of the new front wing won’t be felt until probably Barcelona.
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