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Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has refused to give details on where the team has spent its development tokens for the W12.
Although rules for 2021 have remained largely similar to those in 2020, they are still having a significant impact on the downforce levels of the cars.
While the majority of F1 teams were relatively open when talking about where they have spent their development tokens, Mercedes chose to be very secretive about it. When asked, Toto Wolff again refused to give any details.
“Not everything needs to be put in the public,” the Austrian explained.
“This is also a war on information, a competition of information, and I’m sure you haven’t seen all the cars in the specification they are going to be raced in Bahrain, so that is part of it.”
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Although concealed when Mercedes’ 2021 car was launched earlier this month, the team revealed its floor during pre-season testing. The floor is a bit peculiar with wavy edges that some have compared to lasagne. Still, after testing, Wolff wasn’t going to explain the floor any further.
“If I were to start on the benefits of the floor for aero purposes you would probably get the wrong information,” joked Mercedes’ team boss.
“I think it looks good. [It’s about] Optimising the floor around the lack of aerodynamic performance we have with the new regulations.
“Let’s see whether it can be translated into real performance,” concluded Wolff.
