Mercedes W01 aumenta la distancia entre ejes.

Para el GP de España, Mercedes GP modificará su W01 aumentando la distancia entre ejes con el fin de corregir la distribución del peso. La distancia entre ejes en sí no tiene ningún problema, es la distribución del peso la que el equipo técnico cree es la causa de la falta de agarre que hasta ahora adolece el W01. Mercedes GP acepta que el problema reside en un cálculo erróneo al momento de planear la distribución del peso y que modificando la distancia entre ejes tendrán el chance de resolver el problema.

Aparentemente M. Schumacher no ha logrado dominar su W01 en Mercedes GP y los cambios en la distribución de peso gracias a la modificación de la distancia entre ejes le servirá para corregir el subviraje que le viene atormentando desde el inicio de la temporada.

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Ahora... el problema es... ¿los cambios también le servirán a Rosberg? el actual coche de MercedesGP pparece acomodarse a su estilo, y con éxito.

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Mercedes to increase W01 wheelbase

By Jonathan Noble Friday, April 23rd 2010, 11:43 GMT

Nico RosbergMercedes hopes the longer wheelbase car it plans to introduce at the Spanish Grand Prix will help it get a grip on the weight distribution issues that it has encountered so far this season.

The Brackley-based outfit is set to introduce a major aerodynamic upgrade to its W01 for next month's race at Barcelona, and will also lengthen the wheelbase of the car.

Team principal Ross Brawn has revealed that the motivation for making the major wheelbase change has been prompted by the fact the team miscalculated the weight distribution needs for the 2010 tyres.

"The problem is not actually the wheelbase per se, it is the weight distribution," Brawn said about the motivation for the change. "We got the weight distribution wrong.

"When we got to test these tyres we realised we didn't have the correct weight distribution and we went to the limit with what we could achieve with this car. It is not the wheelbase as such, it is the weight distribution that is not what we wanted it.

"The tyres changed quite a bit... and we didn't have the opportunity to test these tyres, and we didn't have as good a guess of what was required as some of the other teams. So we will have a modification to the car at Barcelona which will give us a better range for the weight distribution that we can achieve."

As well as helping with the overall handling of the car, the weight distribution changes may well help iron out some of the understeer tendencies that have left Michael Schumacher struggling on his F1 return.

Brawn also said that Mercedes will likely introduce a fully working version of an F-duct in the next few events, having begun experimenting with a blown rear-wing in China last weekend.

"McLaren's system, which is driver operated, is quite complicated to get to work properly," said Brawn. "McLaren conceived that car to accommodate the system, and it is not so easy to put it onto [other] cars.

"What we had in China was a simple, passive system. It is not driver operated, so it is not as effective as the McLaren system.

"We are still working on a proper system that we will have at Barcelona or Istanbul. It is complicated to get to work properly, but our aerodynamicists are working on it."