The reining world champion team Mercedes surprised the Barcelona paddock with its development package when it showed its car, the W08 on Thursday of the first European round of the 2017 campaign. Mercedes took the development war to another level with its shocking technical revamp. The Spanish GP is usually the venue of the introduction of the first significant development packages of a season. This year, Red Bull was expected to launch a heavily upgraded car after its woeful start to this year’s campaign. The energy drink-owned team brought some aerodynamic changes to its challenger, but Mercedes was the squad which shocked the world when it showed its brand-new package which almost...
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