Mercedes’ stunning new design is causing controversy in tests in Bahrain.
New Mercedes Lewis Hamilton didn’t want to please Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto at all. “We are surprised,” Binotto said on the sidelines of the Bahrain driving trials, because the mirror should not actually be used as an aerodynamic component.
“These are not mirror mounts, they are wings. This is not in the spirit of the regulations,” Red Bull boss Christian Horner complained in the specialist magazine. Car, cars and sports“For us, these wings are illegal.”
When you introduce innovations, this obviously raises controversy.
Compared to his Barcelona driving experience, Hamilton is driving a completely different W13 in Bahrain. Mercedes runs almost without side boxes. The cooling pad is no longer wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, but the other way around. In addition, the described struts of anti-impact protection protrude horizontally from the chassis, to which the rear-view mirrors are attached.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff remained calm and emphasized that everything was in line with the current rules: “When you introduce innovations, it’s clear that this raises controversy. We were expecting that.”
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