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Mercedes ‘can't suddenly lift the W12's rear 30mm'
Convinced the new floor regulation hurts low-rake cars more than their high-rake rivals, Andrew Shovlin says Mercedes 'can't suddenly' lift the W12's rear 3cm. Although this year's cars are largely a carry over of last year's, Formula 1 does have a few new rules for 2021 that are designed to slow the cars. One of those relates to the floor with the teams having to cut away segment of it just in front of the rear tyre to reduce downforce. As small as the change is, it has had a big impact especially on the teams, such as Mercedes, who run low-rake cars. But while Mercedes are well aware of the problem, trackside engineering head Andrew Shovlin says it is not one they can easily fix. 'What...
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