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Tech Draft: Where did Mercedes speed come from in FP1?

For many, the biggest technical story of the 2021 United States Grand Prix was Mercedes coming out of the box on Friday in FP1 with a nearly one-second advantage over their nearest competitor and abruptly losing it, never to be recovered. Let’s make no mistake about it. Even though the Toto Wolff-fronted Mercedes PR machine has monotonously informed us in recent months that development updates to the W12 design have ceased, it is simply not true. For Round 10 at Silverstone Mercedes introduced a revised detail to both the bargeboard area and to the “wedge” area of the rear diffuser, which has become renowned by many as the big differentiator for the 2021 season from a more technical...
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