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Post by wilmywood8455 on May 31, 2022 11:39:01 GMT -8
Mercedes didn't enjoy the same pace in Monaco that they did in Spain. Mark Hughes examines why – and looks ahead to upcoming Grands Prix to see where the Silver Arrows could make up ground. “I kind of expected it,” said Lewis Hamilton the Mercedes W13’s poor performance at Monaco after the promise of Barcelona. “We weren’t very good in low-speed [sections] in last race anyway. In the race it was OK but no on a single-lap. So we anticipated it would be difficult here. But it’s worse than we anticipated because of the bumps, it’s just super-bouncy for us, everywhere, slow, medium and high speed. Very challenging.” This wasn’t about the aerodynamic porpoising the car suffered before Barcelona – and which was largely corrected in Spain – but another, different, consequence of the car’s very distinctive concept. At Monaco it just didn’t have enough suspension compliance to prevent it being pounded into the ground. It was a mechanical limitation, but borne of a suspension developed around a very stiff aerodynamic platform.
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