Also you can see the bottom front wishbone is more inwardAR3-GP wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 22:01It's not all the same. The bottom leg is much further back on the front suspension. the livery lines are also very similar, so the upper rear arm is lower in the 2026 car.
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Interesting front brake scoop shaping. In previous regs they usually brought the airflow underneath the upper suspension triangle outboard mounting point. Here Merc have an aggressive ramp upwards. Looks a bit less cleanly managed, but maybe they have some benefit from managing upper tyre wake
Some real interesting geometry on the floor rear edge. Those two little outwashing strakes are really cool.
Not exactly. SF26 deployed much more down the main straight and hence had less to play with on other parts of the lap. He has just assumed that the entire main straight difference is accounted for by wind, but that is clearly not accurate as you can see a 16 kph difference on the start finish line at the start of the lap (no way some light wind can account for that on a low drag car below 300 kph). SF26 has begun deploying earlier and for longer, W17 saves more for the other straights. These videos are interesting for comparison but the written analysis is often flawed.
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