“Speculation, some people think” that Mercedes running “fake” trick on W16
A small pꦯart of Mercedes' F1 2025 car is under suspicion by a tech expert
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes have been accused of running a “fake” component on t🅘heir F1 2025 𓃲car to confuse their rivals.
The clꦚassic trick was spotted during pre-season testing in Bahrain.
Testing is always a battlegrou﷽nd of innovation anജd trickery where Mercedes have historically used their brainpower to befuddle other teams.
'People think' Mercedes using 'fake' component
F1 tech expert Sam Collins noticed a part of their car which does not do what it🎶 claims to do.
“Note the hump underneath the mechanic’s hand where you can see George R🍬ussell’s driver number,” he said.
“There’s✃ a little black painted section ju♎st in front of that driver number.
“✅That’s a fake driver cooling 🦂duct - it’s not real. It’s just painted on.
“Mercede🧜s installed this hump on their nose partway through last season and said: ‘Oh, it’s just the driver cooling, there’s nothing underneath, there’s nothing complicated about it.’
“The driver cooling duct🅰, at a lot of races, sat on top of that duct. And it wasn’t🅘 where that little duct is.
“There is a lot of speculation up and down that Mercedes �ꦗ�are doing something clever.
“If you notice, that’s where their f🧔ront suspension picks up.
“Some people think it’s something to do with the front suspension hiding under tha🌺t hump in the nose♈.”
M🐻ercedes during their heyday were smart to never🧸 reveal their true performance potential during testing.
Now in their post-Lewis Hamilt🎃on era, this duct trick appears to be a way to baffle rivals who might be taking a c💧lose look at the W16.
Mercedes will be hoping thei🌃r latest car, the final one for the current rules cycle, is a substantial improvement on their last three.
Although Ham𝔍ilton and Russell won grands prix last year, Mercedes were generally slower than McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull.
Russell topped 💮the timesheet on the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain, and teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli was 10th.
James was a sports journalist at S🃏ky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
