.MercedesAMGF1 has brought a new rear wing to Bahrain for the first F1 race of 2023. SomersF1 explains why it hints at a change in approach for the team. Story:
The team was keen to address its aero efficiency for this year, but one of the notable factors in last week's Bahrain test was that it appeared to have not made dramatic progress on that front.
"We hope it will be more suited to this circuit, but I don't think that's going to change everything," he said."Hopefully it will push us in the right direction. The spoon-shaped mainplane design has long been used by teams as a means to have their cake and eat it, with the central, deeper portion of the wing expected to generate more downforce, whilst the outer, shorter chord portion of the wing blends with the endplate to reduce the drag generated.This is similar to how the central section of its higher downforce wing would work, whereas the leading edge of the upper flap also has a thicker surface until it meets with the tip section.
The new specification wing featured numerous changes, not only to the shape of the mainplane and upper flap but also to the endplate's tip section.
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