Intrigue over mysterious Mercedes blue wires and Ferrari nose ‘dimple’
Mercedes’ brand-new W14 was spotted featuring exposed blue wires fitted behind the steering wheel as168澳洲5最新开奖结果: George Russell was driving during the first test sess💫ion at Sakhir on Thurs🌱day.
The blue wires were alsoꦫ seen on footage released by Mercedes from their recent shak🐽edown at Silverstone.
A Mercedes spokesperson confirmed to wuqian0821.com that the wires are used for “data logging” and feed into a number of different areas. These can be used for monitoring vibrationဣ and bouncing.
Mercedes’ W13 car was famously plagued by severe 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:porpoising and bouncing issues for most of 2022 but the team hope to have pu♒t the problems fully behind them with their modified 2023 challenger.
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It leads to a tiny accelerometer on the steering wheel to measure vibration.
While its not unusual for teams to add sensors in 'testing'.
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff confirmed there was “no bouncing” on the W14🐷 so far on the first day of running.
“We had a little bit of movement I think🍷 in Turn 12, but not anywhere close to the degree that we had last year and not performance limiting,” he added.
Ferrari’s ‘dimple’ nose
Eagle-eyed viewers also noticed Ferrari’s nose bending slightly as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz drove down the main straight.
Sky Spor✤ts F1 pi🅘tlane reporter Ted Kravitz confirmed the deforming under high speed was “not intentional”.
Kravitz added Ferrari are 𒅌working to fix what he described as being a ‘dimple’ nose.
| The nose of Ferrari's SF-23 gains a 'dimple' under high speed, but then returns to its normal shape under braking.
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