Mercedes detail their plan to reintroduce their Spa upgrade at Zandvoort later this month.
After introducing a new floor - and other new parts - on Friday at the Belgian Grand Prix, Mercedes reverted back to their Silverstone-specification.
Initially, there were suggestions that Mercedes were hit with the bouncing problem, like Ferrari have been due to their new floor upgrade. “We are planning to do that,” he said in the team’s latest post-race debrief video. “The reason we reverted the car to the Silverstone spec on Friday night was because we had a good race in Silverstone. Spa and Silverstone are not dramatically different circuits in terms of the corner speed range that you are dealing with.
“That was giving us a bit of bouncing in the high-speed corners, as well as a few issues with the balance. Going to that Silverstone car got it all back to normal.”Mercedes will use the summer break to “look at the data” as they plan to re-introduce them at Zandvoort.
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