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Mercedes goes back to drawing board
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August 2, 2010, Monday
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MERCEDES has gone back to the drawing board to make its car more competitive for this month's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa after struggling again in Hungary.
Team principal Ross Brawn said the floor, a key element of the new 'blown' diffuser that channels hot exhaust gases down low and out of the rear of the car to increase grip, was being re-designed.
"We've put some extra instrumentation on the car this weekend to get a better understanding of what's going on," he told reporters at the Hungarian Grand Prix after a disappointing qualifying on Saturday.
"We can see some of the areas which are still not functioning properly. The problem we had in Hockenheim (the previous race in Germany) was the exhaust heat was affecting some areas and allowing them to distort, losing performance.
"So we left that floor behind this time and it's being re-designed and re-made in time for Spa."
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, 12 races into his comeback with Mercedes at the age of 41 and after three years out, qualified only 14th at the Hungaroring while fellow-German teammate Nico Rosberg was sixth on the grid.
Schumacher finished 11th while Rosberg did not finish yesterday.
Schumacher has already said he was focused on next season while Rosberg said in Hungary that "we can see that we can't win the championship this year any more".
Team principal Ross Brawn said the floor, a key element of the new 'blown' diffuser that channels hot exhaust gases down low and out of the rear of the car to increase grip, was being re-designed.
"We've put some extra instrumentation on the car this weekend to get a better understanding of what's going on," he told reporters at the Hungarian Grand Prix after a disappointing qualifying on Saturday.
"We can see some of the areas which are still not functioning properly. The problem we had in Hockenheim (the previous race in Germany) was the exhaust heat was affecting some areas and allowing them to distort, losing performance.
"So we left that floor behind this time and it's being re-designed and re-made in time for Spa."
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, 12 races into his comeback with Mercedes at the age of 41 and after three years out, qualified only 14th at the Hungaroring while fellow-German teammate Nico Rosberg was sixth on the grid.
Schumacher finished 11th while Rosberg did not finish yesterday.
Schumacher has already said he was focused on next season while Rosberg said in Hungary that "we can see that we can't win the championship this year any more".
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