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Mercedes’ new front wing made its Austin race debut after Singapore practice

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Mercedes first ran the wing in Singapore practice before its Austin race debut. The old design’s unusual mounting left only the top flap able to flatten in straight-line mode.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 1 min

Mercedes first ran its new front wing in practice in Singapore before giving it its race debut at Austin. It was on Kimi Antonelli’s winning Mercedes and on George Russell’s car.

The main design difference from the original wing was the distribution of chord area across its three elements. The previous version was attached to the nose through the middle element, an unusual layout that meant only its top flap could flatten in straight-line mode.

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