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      05-23-2022, 05:25 PM   #400
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Originally Posted by M5Rick View Post
Bye to Merc's top speed when they lift the rear to save the PU's from frying and maybe the damage is already done. Maximum wing at Monaco with shallower gearing and less air entry into rads and PU compartment may intensify their predicament with hot temps again.
This is likely inaccurate.

1) Why would they increase rear ride height on a low speed track? There's no logical reason to increase rake at all on a ground effects based car, unless you're doing so to compensate for porpoising due to squatting of the car, and since merc solved their porposing there is no need to do so. Also it is a low speed track it is unlikely they even need to raise ride height to decrease load.

2) Low speed track also means low power demand for alot of the lap so less heat generation, they can also open more cooling slots in the car that they didn't have in barcelona. The w13 has further cooling slots by the team viewer logo that they could open up for additional cooling but chose not to do so in barcelona.

3) Gear ratios are fixed....
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