Article To news overview Mercedes' Technical Director, Mike Elliott, has explained how the 2021 rear floor downforce changes hurt the team's performance as they struggled to figure out how to recoup the downforce losses. While the 2021 cars re-used the 2020 cars in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the FIA introduced new rear downforce regulations in a bid to reduce the outright lap times of the car. These changes appeared to hurt high-rake concept cars like the Mercedes, which dominated 2020 with the W11, as well as the Aston Martin AMR21, re-using the Racing Point RP20 that, in itself, was a clone of the 2019 Mercedes. While Mercedes did find performance as the season went on, the initial...
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