Mark Hughes
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The encouraging signs hidden within McLaren's Baku upgrade (opens the original)
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McLaren turned up at Baku with a big upgrade but although its introduction did not go as smoothly as the team’s previous packages – there were some repairs necessary after the first day of practice – the team was satisfied that the changes brought the improvements they sought. From the outside, it was difficult to judge how big an improvement because the nature of the Baku track was fundamentally unsuited to the McLaren, with the long Caspian ‘straight’ punishing the car’s short gearing and the
Ferrari’s aerodynamic edge that Mercedes tried to emulate (opens the original)
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Mercedes briefly ran a new interpretation of Ferrari’s FTM (flick tail mode) exhaust at the Madring, but the modification was removed for the rest of the weekend when the W17 ran with the same arrangement as in the previous race, at Monza. Ferrari’s FTM innovation has been on the car since pre-season testing and confers an aerodynamic advantage by partially blocking the exhaust outlet to enhance its force and directing it upwards to help a) scavenge the airflow exiting the diffuser and b) using
The issue Red Bull are still trying to correct on the RB22 (opens the original)
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While McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes have all added significant performance to their cars with their respective updates, Red Bull are still trying to correct a basic problem with the RB22. This refers to Max Verstappen’s comments about how the car suffers an aerodynamic degradation of performance after a certain number of laps. Team boss Laurent Mekies confirmed in Madrid that correcting it is not going to be a simple fix, but the car update submissions made to the FIA at both Monza and Madrid su
What do McLaren’s newest upgrades tell us ahead of Monza? (opens the original)
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On top of Hungary’s all-new floor, wakeboards and floor slots, McLaren brought to Zandvoort a new rear wing, engine cover, diffuser tweaks and new front wheel rims as further discrete performance items. “The items aren’t linked as a package,” explained McLaren’s technical director Neil Houldey of the Zandvoort parts. “They all provide aero performance as individual components and don’t need each other to perform.” This double hit of upgrades in consecutive races proved very powerful and helped L
How are Ferrari keeping costs low for their latest upgrades? (opens the original)
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Ferrari introduced what it reports as a very cost-effective update to the SF26 at Zandvoort based around changes to the floor. Into the second half of the season the top teams are very aware of the cost implications of any updates as they forecast how to stay within the budget cap by the end of the season. Only two sets of the new parts package were initially made (one each for Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc) and they were not used in FP1 so as to minimise the risk of damage without the spar
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