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The Mercedes F1 Team Figured Out How to Hack Its Steering Into an Aerodynamic Aid
The Mercedes F1 Team Figured Out How to Hack Its Steering Into an Aerodynamic Aid-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:08

Lewis Hamilton leads Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas at the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix.

Mercedes, the team that can do no wrong and still succeed , has a way of doing that with its front-end setup, as explained in a recent video by and longtime F1 journalist Peter Windsor: Thanks to some extremely trick engineering and manufacturing, these cars coordinate steering inputs to lower the front of the car itself.

The video features motorsports tech expert , who noted that the Mercedes team isn’t alone in this type of setup but broke down its approach specifically. What’s going on here is that Mercedes is mounting the steering in its cars differently than expected, using the force of turning the wheel to act like an anti-roll bar, or to force the nose of the car down.

The video is full of technical terms and quick explanations without much regard for labeling what exactly is being discussed, but if it’s a lot that’s new, Mercedes itself put out some good graphics of how all these parts go together on its own video here:

The difference in videos is just that Mercedes, as it is wont to do, downplays any advantages or tricks it’s pulling off.

For even more context and diagrams on Mercedes’ front and rear suspension affecting performance and aerodynamicscan be seen and . There’s also more on the steering rules from 2017 Scarborough mentions .

It’s all a fun thought. , one of the best and worst parts of is that teams have a lot of freedom in car design. It can, unfortunately, lead to competition droughts with , but it also makes for a fun excuse in learning all of the ways teams, , try to get an advantage on others.

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