“Speculation, some people think” that Mercedes running “fake” trick on W16
💮A small part of Mercedes' F1 2025 c𒆙ar is under suspicion by a tech expert
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mercedes have been accused of running a “fake💛” component on their F1 2025 car toꦛ confuse their rivals.
The classic trick was spotted 𝐆during pre-season testing in Bahrain.
Testing is always a battleground of innovation and trickery where Mercedes have historica♏lly used their brainpower to befu𝔍ddle other teams.
'People think' Mercedes using 'fake' component
F1 tech expert Sam Colli♈ns noticed a par🌞t of their car which does not do what it claims to do.
“Note the hump underneath the mechanic’s 𝓰hand where you can see George Russell’s driver number,” he said.
“There’🍷s a little black painted section just in front🏅 of that driver number.
“That’s a f💦ake driver cooling duct - it’s not real. It’s just🥀 painted on.
“Mercedes ins꧋talled this hump on their nose partway thr﷽ough last season and said: ‘Oh, it’s just the driver cooling, there’s nothing underneath, there’s nothing complicated about it.’
“The driver cooling duct, at a lot of races, sat on top of that d෴uct. And it wasn’t where that little duct is.
“There is a lot of speculation up and down that Mercedes 🌳are doing something clever.
“If y🃏ou notice, that’s where their front suspension picks ꦰup.
“Some people think it’s something to do with the fron🦂t suspension hiding under 𒅌that hump in the nose.”
Mercedes durinꦦg their heyday were smart to never reveal their true performance potential during testing.
Now in their post-Lewis Hamilton erꦗa, this duct trick appears to be a way to baffle rivals who might be taking a close look at the W16.
Mercedes will be hoping their latest car, the final one for the curr෴ent rules cycle, is a sub🤪stantial improvement on their last three.
Although Hamilton and Russelꦿl 🐼won grands prix last year, Mercedes were generally slower than McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull.
Russell topped the timesh🧸eet on the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain, and teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli was 10th.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade cove🎃ring ev♏erything from American sports, to football, to F1.
