©Sebastian Kawka for Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix ltd.
Mercedes brought significant upgrades to the Belgian Grand Prix, however after a disappointing Friday, the team decided to revert to their old spec floor for the rest of the weekend.
Ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend, Mercedes announced numerous upgrades for the W15, among them a new floor.
“One of the main things is the floor, which is just another step of development that we’ve been able to bring,” the team’s Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin said.
“It is nice to get some new parts on the car, because the reality of the cost cap is that you are constantly patching them up, trying to repair them, so hopefully this will be a step forward.
“We also have subtle changes to the front and rear-wing to drop the level of drag on the car to suit the long straights, but the big development is the floor.
“It is not so much a breakthrough moment, as we’ve always thought this car on its day seemed to be quick.
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“But being able to do that across a whole weekend was a bit of a challenge for us in the early part of the year.
“It is more usable now and there are lots of things we’ve done to try and get on top of those issues.
“We were surprised that we weren’t quicker at the start of the season. We thought we’d made a good car, and underneath, it was a good car, it just had some problems that we had to get on top of.
“And we’re now seeing the result of that hard work,” the Briton concluded.
However, after disappointing Friday free practice sessions, the team decided to ditch the upgraded floor for their previous spec version.
