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Mercedes reveals biggest factor behind top speed deficit

Mercedes says the relative straight-line speed deficit of its W13 in Bahrain was aerodynamic related and not due to engine weakness as many have suggested. The Brackley squad and Lewis Hamilton salvaged a podium at Sakhir last weekend thanks to Red Bull's late double DNF without which the seven-time world champion and teammate George Russell would have finished fifth and sixth. The troubles impacting Mercedes' W13 – namely porpoising and wild understeer – have been well chronicled. But another weakness displayed by the team's new Silver Arrow is its lack of velocity on the straights. In qualifying, Hamilton and Russell were roughly 8 km/h slower down Bahrain's main straight than Red...
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