Mercedes and Ferrari with new parts in Spielberg

“The car that was sent to Australia was 'frozen' around Christmas. “We then used January to March to make the car faster in the wind tunnel and in the design department,” said Mercedes technical director James Allison.

The Silver Arrows engineers came up with “quite a few ideas” before and during the nine-week forced closure of the factories, Allison revealed in a video from the racing team. Since the teams were not allowed to further develop their vehicles during the shutdown, the task now is to get “a whole quarter’s worth of development work from the drawing board to the car” as quickly as possible. Allison hopes to be able to use some of it in Austria. Ferrari is also continuing to develop But Mercedes is not the only team that will have new parts for the Styrian double (July 5th and 12th). Ferrari has also announced that it will extensively modify the SF1000. Specifically, the Scuderia is planning a new transmission and an expansion stage of the drive.

Spielberg will be the first test for the cars – and probably even more so for the F1 entourage. The factories in Brackley (chassis) and Brixworth (engine) have gotten used to the new working conditions due to the pandemic, said Allison. However, different rules apply to the route with processes under immense time pressure.

Mercedes recently tested the new Corona hygiene measures in a two-day test at Silverstone with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in the 2018 car. In order to minimize the risk of infection within the team, all people working on the track were previously tested for Covid-19. Then, in particular, the implementation of the prescribed social distancing was practiced; the team wore mouth/nose masks. Face visors and special protective equipment are also required when strapping drivers in the cockpit and other tasks.

“It will be a big change for the mechanics and engineers. Perhaps the biggest change for all of us will be experiencing a race weekend without fans. “It’s going to be a strange experience, that’s one of the great joys of the track,” said Allison.

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Mercedes and Ferrari with new parts in Spielberg

Two weeks before the start of the Formula 1 season in Spielberg, the world champion team Mercedes and Ferrari announced the first updates to the cars.

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