Red Bull has brought an updated floor to Formula 1’s British Grand Prix as it bids to stave off the ever-increasing threat from rivals Mercedes and McLaren . The Milton Keynes-based outfit had started the season in dominant fashion, but has seen its advantage eroded in recent weeks as competitors have brought their own upgrades. Ahead of this weekend’s race at Silverstone, Red Bull has notified the FIA of two clear changes it has made to its floor in a bid to help lift its performance.
The team said that it had reprofiled the surface of its floor above and behind the lower Side Impact Structure tube. It said that this change had been done “based upon research and comparison with full-scale results to get more energy thus pressure to the floor edge wing”. Working in conjunction with this floor surface changes, Red Bull has also reprofiled the edge wing with some new details.
Red Bull added: “Given higher pressure upstream, the edge wing detail has been subtly changed to add more camber deriving more load whilst respecting the necessity for flow stability.” But while Red Bull hopes to make gains, its main challengers are not sitting still, with both Mercedes and McLaren bringing revised wings to the British GP. McLaren MCL38 technical detail Photo by: Giorgio Piola Mercedes has brought a lower-downforce mid-range rear wing that should improve aerodynamic efficiency for the high-speed swoops of Silverstone.
In conjunction with this, it has also trimmed its front wing.
