Bojan Vrbnjak
Mercedes has been since the beginning of the hybrid era in Formulas 1 class for itself. Because of the advantages they have Germans had because of the engine, they are still miles ahead of the competition. Ferrari and above all Red Bull they have been approaching in recent years, but Mercedes he was able to outwit the competition every year.
Last season was no different. During winter testing they surprised the competitors with DAS system, with which they could change the position of the front wheels. No team thought about what is not true seven-time champions. Where you would expect people to keep working the same things at the top, be Mercedes he invents over and over again. Although many will hope so Mercedes it can no longer grow, at least not much, we must not take it or anticipate too easy. S simpler diffuser in changed the bottom of the car will be engineers for the season 2021 again faced the challenge of finding more vacuum. In recent years, however, they have been at Mercedes always the best at dealing with these rule changes.
Their race car of the season 2020, who heard the name W11, was, of course almost perfect, but in addition to changing the rules, the team will still try to eliminate weaknesses of the previous design. The biggest weakness we saw in the second race in Silverston, when it's Max Verstappen almost whistled past the Mercedes duo. Silver arrows they generally have more problems than the competition in hot temperatures. This was most evident between the two races at Silverstone last season. Verstappen won the second race with much less worn tires, Hamilton however, he crossed the finish line in the first race three wheels.
With a simpler diffuser and modified the bottom of the race car, aerodynamic pressure will decrease this year, but we believe it will Mercedes did everything he could to reach the level of grip from last season again. But it will be for the race car W12 important to better flat with tiresto be able to avoid a debacle like the one we saw last year in Silverstone. In addition, we can say that on W11 it didn’t take much work. He was a race car that ended up on the track like that long planes as well as in fast and slow turns. Mercedes will have to do without this year DAS system, but who knows, maybe there will be something again conjured from his hat.
