The rear wing’s tip part has been fully overhauled as a part of the redesign, with the group having already switched to a semi-detached format for 2024.
Based mostly on what was revealed within the Imola pitlane on Friday, it has now pushed its variant in a brand new route.
The tip part nonetheless sits happy with the endplate as a small bracket raises it away from the decrease aspect.
Nonetheless, the tip part now reaches a lot additional down over the rolled endplate and mainplane junction.
These adjustments have been made at the side of alterations to the rear endplate cutout, with a way more sizeable chunk taken out the rear higher quarter of the endplate to assist scale back the drag being generated on the wing’s tip. This has additionally allowed the designers to flatten out the rear portion of the tip part.
The brand new design ought to create a wider span aspect that works extra successfully with the higher flap to generate extra downforce throughout the wing’s whole span, and will contribute to a lift in efficiency when DRS is enabled too.
Mercedes F1 W15 rear element
Picture by: Giorgio Piola
The W15 additionally incorporates a new beam wing format this weekend, because the group seems to be to have it and the brand new rear wing work extra in live performance.
It has opted for a bi-plane association, with a extra conventional decrease aspect paired to an higher aspect that’s contorted throughout its span to permit the aspect to nonetheless be concerned in producing downforce within the central part.
Nonetheless, it has additionally clearly been aware about the way it’s offloaded because the group ensures it meets with the endplate.
Mercedes has additionally made adjustments to the ahead portion of its flooring, which is able to work at the side of the alterations made to its edge wing final trip in Miami.
The forefront of the ground, the tunnel entrances quantity and the form and place of the ground fences have all been modified to enhance movement via them and allow the underfloor and diffuser to work extra effectively amid various trip heights.
