The scale of the changes made by Mercedes for its MonacoGP upgrade of the W14 F1 car was impressive. While there were some obvious talking points, there were also some interesting detail changes that emerged too ⬇️
The blister, originally introduced as part of an upgrade package for the British Grand Prix last season, appears less steeply angled than before to better align with the new position of the lead arm of the upper wishbone. This will help to set up the necessary flow structures to take advantage of the changes made to the bodywork downstream.
This fairing was a requirement of the old layout, given it enclosed the upper side impact structure, with the safety feature required to be mounted within a certain dimensional window on the chassis. And, under the rigours posed by the cost cap and resource restrictions of these regulations, teams are unable to simply redesign and manufacture a new chassis to overcome any of the shortcomings they find when making large scale concept shifts such as this one.
As part of this, the vane slung beneath the fairing has also been kept but has been reduced in height, increased in length and also features a feather-like pair of slots in the lower half, as the team looks to improve flow around the sidepod’s shoulder .
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