How Mercedes aims to avoid the “traps” it has fallen into with recent F1 car designs

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Ever since Formula 1 reintroduced ground-effect underbody aerodynamics into its ruleset, Mercedes has unwittingly ensconced itself within the pitfalls that the aero overhaul had laid out.
A series of design direction changes over the past three years have brought glimmers of hope with each new car, but in each time Mercedes has tripped itself up with inconsistencies in car …Keep reading