It was not used in Austin, but Mercedes' new front wing is set to make its debut at the Mexican Grand Prix. F1
Mercedes reveal reason why they did not run new front wing in USAMercedes have insisted their new front wing remained in the Austin garage only due to a shortage of parts – but will be seen on track in Mexico.
There were certain elements of the design that appeared questionable in terms of legality and in the end the new front wing was not used at the Circuit of The Americas – with team boss Toto Wolff admitting there had beenWolff added: “Maybe we need to tweak a little bit here and there, but it’s not yet decided.”went close to winning at COTA, only passed late on for the victory by Max Verstappen who was recovering from a botched Red Bull pit-stop.
“The reason we didn’t run it in Austin was because we only had one of those parts, so if we had damaged it during qualifying it would have meant the car that damaged the wing had to start from the back,” said Shovlin.
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