Mercedes' floor upgrade

Floor Body - Performance, Flow Conditioning - Raised floor leading edge and subsequent tunnel roof reprofiling - Raising the floor leading edge alters the loading distribution on the outer fence, improving flow quality to the rear of the car and hence rear downforce.

Floor Edge - Performance, Local Load - Extending the forward floor edge flap rearwards - Increasing the extent of the high cambered forward section of the floor edge wing increases the local load here, increasing forward floor load.

Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren hav🦂e no𝔍t brought any upgrades to Texas.

Mercedes hope🙈 their updated floor will be🉐 worth a tenth of a second in performance time.

But its true value is in settin🙈g the directio🏅n for the W15, Mercedes' 2024 F1 car.

“It’s the last big one,” Russell said about the upgrade. “Altogether, full♐ focus is on ’24 back at the factory and in the windtunnel and the design office. 

“This is a small step in that direction. We’re not expecting it to change the world.𓆏 

“I th🦩ink the things we’ve got lined up for next season should have a much g🌱reater impact than this weekend.”