As for those crashes? In some ways it’s a sign the car has finally turned a corner: Before this weekend neither Mercedes driver had crashed in the dry – and that’s probably because of how little confi
dence the car gave. Now, both drivers must feel they have the beginnings of a car they can lean on, and they’re beginning to take risks with it.
The W13’s bouncing and porpoising issues appear to be solved and moving forward Mercedes will work on bringing small but significant upgrades to every race for the rest of this year. A win could still be on the cards.Flexible floors allow cars to run lower and therefore generate more underfloor downforce, without their underfloor planks being worn down too much.
With that in mind, the FIA said it’ll introduce a new ‘patch’ of rules to stamp the practice out, with cars to be tested at the French GP. However, successful lobbying has now moved that date to the Belgium GP, just after the summer break. Ferrari have confirmed they’ll need to make alterations to their floor design to pass the new rules, and it’s likely the Red Bull will too. As for Mercedes? The team says it hadn’t thought to exploit the idea of a flexible floor in the first place, so it won’t need to make any changes. With that in mind, we could have an interesting second-half to the season, and we could also see the likes of Red Bull and Ferrari battling the problems Mercedes faced in the first half of the season.
There seemed to be a lot of infractions, but at least the rules appeared to be binary and consistent, with no room for the stewards to interpret anything.Mick Schumacher has had a troubled year at Haas, but he’s showing serious signs of improvement. A strong weekend in Silverstone – in which he got his first points – was followed up with 7
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