I agree with this, in that the airflow approach to both front and rear tyre position has been modified for this weekend. It looks to have been aimed at reduction of straight on airflow toward tyre contact area, together with more consistency around dealing with that need by better integration of the redirection in making aero platform less sensitive to wider variation in speed/yaw etc.Brahmal wrote: ↑14 Jun 2026, 06:17This case is a little different imo. The front wheels induce a very large proportion of overall drag, and it's partly the FW endplate's job to manage that. They have made wholesale changes to their endplate furniture, going from one of the simplest designs to one of the most complex and developed. I think it is having a relatively big impact on the overall drag level, maybe not all but much.
We could be seeing more extent of inverted rear wing in SLM too, with fast corner entry to the long front straight, then enough distance/time in building to ultimate max velocity (unlike we've seen prior to this track) that could be making that contribution here.
The observation (above ?) of how the speed builds vs MB suggesting less potent deployment but reduced drag from Ferrari in this particular section of track.