Technical guru Matthew Somerfield looks back on the British Grand Prix weekend and provides analysis of what he saw up and down the Silverstone pitlane. Mercedes The Silver Arrows have clearly made huge strides with the introduction of the new regulations this season, their chassis / powerunit integration has given them an advantage over the rest of the field. However they've also made strides aerodynamically too, whether this is purely down to the curtailment of off throttle diffuser blowing which has affected rivals Red Bull's relative performance, the improvements made by Mercedes to their facilities (Wind Tunnel, tooling etc increased from 50% to 60%), the fulfilment of years of staff...
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