Too low in 2022 👇 Too high in 2023 👆 Just right in 2024? 🤔 Mercedes thinks it has found a ride height sweet spot for its F1 car - but here's why it cannot fully apply it until next year ⬇️
The German manufacturer has endured a challenging time since the switch to ground-effect cars at the start of the 2022 campaign.
For this year’s W14, the team aimed at delivering downforce over a much wider range of ride heights, which it felt would be helped by the FIA lifting the edge of the floors by 15mm.ended up being too cautious with its ride height approach. Having been shy of running close to the ground, it found itself running much higher than others – which left performance on the table.
And having run too low in 2022, and too high this year, chief technical officer Mike Elliott believes it has got things properly addressed for its W15 2024 car. “So, you have to sort of pick a direction and go in it. Then, as you learn, you can tweak that direction and move it slightly. I like to think we've sort of gotten ourselves into the right place for the winter.”
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