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Allison: We found a quarter second in the sidepods
The W09 is the first Mercedes Formula 1 car in which James Allison has had substantial input and in a video released by the team, he reveals that in tightening up the packaging around the chassis and the engine the team have managed to slim down the sidepods which could translate to a quarter second quicker on track. Allison explained in the video. 'The biggest one of those [changes] is down here in the sidepod. We've done an awful lot of work down there to try and make that car really, really slender. If you compared it to [the W08] you can just see the difference.' 'You can see that the bodywork bulges out around about where the engine and exhaust pack is. On the new car, this is a much,...
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