The double of Mercedes In the Las Vegas GP This should give you food for thought. The star team, which did not shine in the absolute in the last careers, dominated the three free training sessions, class and career.
He after experiencing an improvement in competitiveness during the summer (Austria, Great Britain and Belgium), returned to the back of the leading pack and no one, but no one, imagined seeing the silver arrows return to the top first position in the hierarchy.
James Allison They did not succumb to this temptation and preferred to launch a low resistance fin configuration, with profiles significantly heavier than their competitors.
The idea was not so much to look for speed on the straights, as they did Ferrari, McLaren and even Red Bullbut find a good balance with the tires. Quite cold temperatures were expected in Las Vegas and after the first free practice session, few gave importance to the Mercedes, as it is common for them to fall behind as the weekend goes on.
The rear wings of the Las Vegas GP of Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren
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But this was not the case this time, since the two Mercedes remained anchored to their particular rear wing, while Ferrari abandoned the version of Spa-Francorchamps for that of Monza, just as McLaren used a new profile to replace in Baku with the mini-DRS. forbidden.
He claimed that at Milton Keynes they made the wrong aerodynamic choice, not knowing that there was no more specific version available to the team.
The staff led by Pierre Waché They did not consider it necessary to invest in a more downloaded configuration, since there are only four circuits this fast, which is a very low figure in a calendar that already has 24 events, so they considered that it was better to invest this budgetary part in other areas of automobile development.
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Red Bull RB20: ecco the evolution of the wing after Las Vegas
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Actually, Red Bull suffered in Nevada: the complicated cooling system of the RB20 does not allow the full power of the Honda RBPT H002 powertrain to be exploited and, for reliability reasons, the car Max Verstappen And Sergio Perez He gave up some horsepower, increasing the aerodynamic drag that affects the end of the long Las Vegas straights.
But to compensate for this defect, they removed the movable spoiler as we have never seen even at Monza.
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Ecco the rear wing of the Ferrari SF-24 in Las Vegas: it was the scariest foot in Monza
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In Maranello, we therefore focused on a competitive car at the end of the straight, without taking into account the difficulty of getting the tires up to temperature, which in the end was really essential. AND there would be forced Ferrari to raise the height of the SF-24 more than its rivals.
In summary, Mercedes is a team that has the value of its contra-corriente frente ados los demásy lelevó a casa el 60º doblete de la marca. In everything could change on a track which, at least on paper, seems tailor-made for McLaren, even more so if it is hot.
Ferrari may have the tools to counter the papaya cars on a track that seems more conducive to Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, but it will be the track that dictates the sentence and, .
