This year, Mercedes often uses different settings for the cars of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to gather more information and find a solution to the problems that have arisen.
But in Canada, the riders themselves opted for different versions of the rear wing. In the traditional post-weekend video, CTO Mike Elliot explained how the choice came about.
Mike Elliot: “The third practice was in the rain and both riders decided to increase the area of the rear wing to get more grip on the driving wheels. They wanted a car that would hold up better on track so they wouldn’t risk crashing in Saturday practice or qualifying, after which it could be difficult to get the car back. Fortunately we have two excellent flyers, this year they gave us no such problems.
For qualifying, Lewis decided to return to the previous version of the rear wing, which is more suited to dry track racing – with less downforce. And George left the wing he worked with in the third practice session, as qualifying would also take place on wet surfaces, although he understood that such a wing would prevent him from overtaking or defending on a dry track on Sunday.
This decision was made after consultation with the riders and their engineers.”
Source: F1 News
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