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The mystery behind the illegal Mercedes front wing

Analysis To news overview © RN365/Paolo Filisetti Mercedes has brought their latest development for the W13 to Austin, characterized by a modified floor in the side edge of their front wing. The wing is lighter in its construction, to approach the limit of the minimum overall weight of the car of 798kg. There is talk of overall weight saving at Mercedes, including in the calculation the new front wing, of about 4 kilos. This last element of the development package of the W13 aroused particular interest. It has been modified at the level of the endplates with a different shape of the profiles that connect the flaps to them. But above all, to arouse particular interest, was the adoption of...
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