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Tech F1i - No respite on the development front

MERCEDES' BODYWORK SLIPSTREAMS PAST FERRARI AND RED BULL A week after introducing the "phase 2.1" of its engine in France, Mercedes brought to Austria a significant evolution of the bodywork of its W09 - probably its most important aerodynamic update since the beginning of the season. Unlike the Ferrari, the Red Bull, the Haas and the Williams, the Silver Arrows displayed a classic configuration of the sidepod air intakes. Indeed, its side impact bars (i.e. one of the two carbon bars hidden under the bodywork to absorb shocks, marked in yellow above) is not lowered to the maximum permissible as is the case on the Ferrari. © F1i STRUCTURAL LIMITATIONS Mercedes looked at Ferrari's...
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