Mercedes' floor upgrade

Floor Body - Performance, Flow Conditioning - Raised floor leading edge and subsequent tunnel roof reprofiling - Raising the floor leading edge alters the loading distribution on the outer fence, improving flow quality to the rear of the car and hence rear downforce.

Floor Edge - Performance, Local Load - Extending the forward floor edge flap rearwards - Increasing the extent of the high cambered forward section of the floor edge wing increases the local load here, increasing forward floor load.

Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren🎶 ha♛ve not brought any upgrades to Texas.

Mercedes hope their update✨d floor will be worth a tenth of a seco🎉nd in performance time.

But its true value is in setting the 𓃲direction for the W15, Mercedes' 2024 F1 c▨ar.

“It’s the last big one,” Russell said about💟 the upgrade. “Altogether, full focus is on ’24 back at the factory and in the windtunnel and the design office. 

“This is a small step in that direction. We’re not expecting it to chang♎e the world. 

“I think the th💎ings we’ve got lined up for next season should have a much greater impact than this weekeꦅnd.”