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What about the larger bulge behind the top intake in the new iteration? That's an increase rather than a decrease. Surely that's repackaging?
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Isn't that just down to the slightly different angle of the pictures? (higher angle for the B photo - look at the Halo))
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I think they bluffed and the previous ‘iteration’ was a dummy/decoy.
Why would they do that? Wouldn't that mean that merc deliberately chose to not collect as much data as they could have if they ran the current car in the last testing session?
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I don’t think they have. I think they bluffed and the previous ‘iteration’ was a dummy/decoy. Looking at the size difference, the bigger of the sidepods is just a big empty box. There’s no way you’d do that in modern F1 as it’s just drag.
The Williams should have been our clue here, because they’ve got the same engine but they don’t have the resources or money to stage decoys. Their car will almost certainly stay the same.