The movement of Mercedes’ rear suspension has been an ongoing debate since the Turkish GP. The cars showed incredible pace on the straights. The rear suspension on the W-12 does not appear to move linearly, which sparked debate between the teams. However, Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto could not worry about how the Mercedes machines work.
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Formula 1 F1 – Great Britain Grand Prix – Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain – July 18, 2021 Charles Leclerc of Ferrari leads in front of Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in the REUTERS / Peter Cziborra race
Recently, the Ferrari team boss shared his thoughts on the whole mystery. “To be honest, I’m not very interested in this discussion. I don’t follow them much, but I heard about this incident. I saw nothing wrong or illegal about it. “
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Disinterested, Binotto goes the honorable way and concentrates on his team, which is working tirelessly on the 2022 car. Red Bull, on the other hand, triggered the conversation, but should soon bring back the first arguments.
Understand the uproar of the Mercedes chassis
The suspension of the Silver Arrows was an important topic of conversation on the US GP weekend. As the car drove down the straight, the rear sank; makes itself an unusual topic of interest.
However, the conversation began in Istanbul. Red Bull was nowhere near Mercedes when driving straight ahead, which raised doubts for Christian Horner. He soon suspected that it had nothing to do with the upgraded Mercedes ICEs; rather, there was another trick up the sleeve of Mercedes.
However, it has been a practice for some time to minimize drag. To do this, Mercedes flattened their car or the straights in some way, and the movement of the suspension is that it pops back up when the car brakes on corners.
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Horner also understood what Mercedes’ step was. “It’s something that has been used in the past and we’ve seen them do it in the past, but what we saw in Turkey was obviously a pretty extreme version of it that seemed to allow this track.”
Formula 1 F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, USA – October 24, 2021 Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes in action in front of Max Verstappen from Red Bull during the REUTERS / Mike Blake race
Nonetheless, Horner is aware that he could bite Red Bull in the later stages. “In the US it was less of an effect. Somewhere like Jeddah it could be pretty powerful. “
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While the speed was obvious, Red Bull and Verstappen’s win at COTA quickly proved that the magic wasn’t a cause for concern. In the end, it looks like both cars are moving at almost the same speed; whoever wins at the end of the season would have deserved it, regardless of the chassis optimizations.
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