Intrigue over mysterious Mercedes blue wires and Ferrari nose ‘dimple’
Mercedes’ brand-new W14 was spotted featuring exposed blue wires fitted behind the steering wheel as168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell was driving during the first test sessi💙on at Sakhir on Thursday.
The blue wires were also seen on footage released by Mercedes from their recent shℱakedown at Silverstone.
A Mercedes spokesperson confirmed to ltxcn.top that the wires are used for “daꦦta logging” and feed into a number of different areas. These can be used for monitoring vibration and 🍸bouncing.
Mercedes’ W13 car was famously plagued by severe 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:porpoising and bouncing issues for most of 2022 but the team hope to have put th♛e proble🔯ms fully behind them with their modified 2023 challenger.
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It leads to a tiny accelerometer on the steering wheel to measure vibration.
While its not unusual for teams to add sensors in 'testing'.
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff confirmed there was “no bouncing” on the W14 so far on the first ꦗday of runn💃ing.
“We had a little bit of movement I think in Turn 12, but not anywhereܫ close to the degree that we had lasꦉt year and not performance limiting,” he added.
Ferrari’s ‘dimple’ nose
Eagle-eyed viewers also noticed Ferrari’s nose bending slightly as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz drove down the main straight.
Sky Sports F1 pitlane re🌄porter Ted Kravitz confirmed the deforming under high speed was “not intentional”.
Kravitz added Ferrari are working to fix what he described as bein🐭g a ‘dimple’ nose.
| The nose of Ferrari's SF-23 gains a 'dimple' under high speed, but then returns to its normal shape under braking.
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