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Mercedes’ Technical Director James Allison says “the new front wing seemed to do what we expected and hopefully it will bring us more at tracks which have a wider range of slow corners”.
Mercedes introduced a new front with for the W14 at the British Grand Prix, but it did not lead to an obvious performance improvement, especially in qualifying.
However, the team’s Technical Director James Allison says it has actually shown promising signs.
“The new front-wing is of course designed to make us go faster, that’s why we do all our things,” Allison said in Mercedes’ post-race debrief video.
“The specific characteristics of this new front wing that we are excited about, is that it should improve the balance and performance of the car through the slower range of the corners.
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“Now, Silverstone is famous for lots of things but lots and lots of slow corners is not one of them.
“What we took as a comfort from Silverstone is that in the slower parts of the track, we were looking pretty decently competitive. That’s a tick in the box for this new front wing.
“I guess it will only be when we get to Hungary, which is a track made up almost entirely of slower stuff, that we’ll get to know for sure.
“Early signs are promising, the new front wing seemed to do what we expected and hopefully it will bring us more at tracks which have a wider range of slow corners,” the Briton concluded.
