Mercedes AMG Formula One Team, seven time double world champions are one of the best teams in Formula One history.
Not only they are best on the track, they are off the track too…they give so much insights about how Formula One cars work, how teams prepare for race weekend and many more things to make it more interesting for fans to appreciate the beauty of Formula One car.
Formula 1 is not all about just a racing, it is pinnacle of engineering, one of the best engineers in the world work in Formula 1. So it’s typically very tough for an ordinary fan to understand the science behind these fast going cars.
But Formula One along with teams are doing much better job to bring technical insights to fans. In olden days fans doesn’t have much access to team radios, now F1 & their broadcasting partners are doing much better job to bring more info to the viewers.
In the same lines, ahead of 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, Mercedes giving fans a chance to understand how F1 cars are developed by Teams.
How do teams decide what to upgrade on their cars?
“As with most things in Formula One, planning and detail are everything. When developing a car and deciding what to update, teams first have to put together a plan of what needs to be worked on – where are the strengths we can maximise further and where are the weaknesses that we can improve?
When choosing an upgrade, you must focus on the areas that are going to produce the most performance in the quickest timeframe, and also find the balance between where you go looking and the size of the project you take on.
As a rule of thumb, the bigger the part, the longer it is going to take to design, manufacture and bring to the track. Teams also have to consider how critical a part is to the structure of the car. A crucial structural part such as the front and rear wings, which are highly loaded, have to be put through rigorous tests to meet strict safety regulations, so those components tend to be defined and decided on pretty early.
Next up, when looking at aerodynamics, teams focus their attention on the floor and diffuser, which are big downforce generators and have long lead times. And then it’s about looking into the components that are smaller and quicker to make but bring a lot of performance, such as brake ducts, bargeboards and engine covers.”
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