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Technical: Mercedes W06 rear wing

Mercedes' W05 vs the W06 Reigning Constructors' Champions Mercedes introduced a new rear wing to its W06 Hybrid at the second pre-season test, the design of which retained a similar layout to its predecessor, the W05 Hybrid, although the aim is of course to make the overall structure more efficient. You'll note that where the team had previously used two support pylons (yellow, left), there is now only a singular inverted Y-Lon (yellow, right), providing additional rigidity. This design change has also led to the team reducing the aligned slot gap separators (yellow) to singular element to match the pylon change. The top flap which previously featured two V grooves, for drag reduction, has...
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