Ross Brawn says the new exhaust will be significant in low speed traction – Formula 1 news
Mercedes introduced a new exhaust layout for test at the opening day of the three days young driver test at the Magny-Cours circuit in France.
Sam Bird tested the new upgrade. The team principal of Mercedes, Ross Brawn, believes that the upgrade will improve the grip over low speeds. It is also expected that Mercedes will be testing its new double DRS parts as well.
Brawn told that the newly introduced exhaust is expected to play an important role at low speeds as compared to high speeds and further it is expected that it will also improve the balance for the rear tyre.
He said, “We think that's quite significant in low speed traction. The effect of the exhaust is more significant at lower speeds than higher speeds, and also brings you the balance perhaps you need for the rear tyre.”
Mercedes has chosen to test its newly introduced exhaust layout at the three day test. The upgrade is a Coanda-style exhaust as used by Sauber, Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren. The exhaust is also expected to improve the balance of car, which will therefore
solve the tyre wear-out problems for Mercedes.
Furthermore, it is expected that Mercedes will be re-testing its double DRS parts as well. The new DRS parts were also tested during the first day of practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix. Mercedes will be joined by Ferrari and Force India. Ferrari
and Force India will also be conducting young driver tests.
In the Italian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher of Mercedes had to adopt two pit stops strategy because of tyre wear out while mostly other drivers adopted one pit stop strategy. Mercedes is known to cause such problem at certain tracks. Schumacher managed
to finish at the 6th position and was followed by his teammate, Nico Rosberg.
Let’s see how the newly introduced exhaust layout results for Mercedes. It also remains a question whether they will use their newly developed double DRS or not. The results of the upgrade would also be significant because the Mercedes drivers have struggled
with some technical mishaps over the circuit, in the current season, until now.
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