The W13 features a nose with a domed surface and round tip that reaches forward over the front wing and connects with the mainplane.
The nose tip also features a panel that will likely allow the team to exchange the smooth panel currently installed for one with an inlet to cool the drivers when temperatures ramp up.
The mainplane itself dips down in the central region around the nose, in order to help divert airflow under the body of the nose and onward towards the underfloor and sidepods.
Mercedes W13 front wing detail
Photo by: Mercedes AMG
Once again it’s a four-element wing, as the team adopts the maximum pieces that the regulations permit. In terms of their makeup, the upper three elements are of a shorter chord than the mainplane.
Mercedes is also the most aggressive so far when it concerns the taper of the elements as they extend out from the nose into the loaded portion of the wing.
The adjustable sections of the wing, and the mechanism used to perform that function,…
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