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Tech Corner: Merc's Brazil Updates

With one eye on the 2016 season, Mercedes applied several changes to the W06 at Interlagos. Matt Somerfield gives us the lowdown. As the season nears an end and having already secured the Drivers' and Constructors' titles, Mercedes have taken the opportunity to assess changes for 2016. It was during Friday's first free practice session at Interlagos that the team applied several changes to the W06. The most obvious of these changes was the inclusion of a rearward facing duct on the chassis' vanity panel, emulating the 'S' ducts we already see adorn the RB11, MP4-30 and VJM08. Ordinarily an 'S' duct, named as such because of its shape, is used to move airflow from the underside of the nose...
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