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Post by wilmywood8455 on Aug 4, 2023 3:57:42 GMT -8
Mercedes made another significant upgrade to the bodywork of the W14 at Spa, with a new radiator inlet shape converging into an enhanced upper sidepod overhang, creating a mild version of the fashionable ‘water slide’ as pioneered on the Aston Martin and Alpine and since seen on other cars too.Mercedes claim that the taller inlet has improved the quality of airflow to the radiators, allowing fewer aerodynamically disruptive bodywork louvres for a given level of cooling.
How the bodywork is formed around that new inlet shape as its runs down the length of the car has been fashioned to enhance the ‘tube’ which separates the airflow going over the top of the sidepod with that rushing through the undercut below.
The upper surface of that tube section now runs with a more enhanced downhill sweep to form the ‘water slide’. Essentially it enhances the undercut effect around the ‘coke bottle’ section at the rear. This is all attempting to increase the speed of airflow feeding into the rear – both into the rear wing and around the diffuser.
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