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Mercedes planning Melbourne “experiments” with W15 F1 car

Mercedes Formula 1 trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin says the team is designing “experiments” for the Australian GP weekend in an attempt to solve issues with the W15.

The car has been plagued by bouncing, especially with low fuel in qualifying, while its weakness in high-speed corners relative to rivals was very apparent in Saudi Arabia.

Shovlin suggests that the team will try different approaches at the upcoming Australian GP as it continues to hone the car.

"There's definitely data that we're picking through from Jeddah," he said.

"We're also looking at data from the Bahrain race, Bahrain test, and we will come up with a plan for how we approach free practice in Melbourne. But it's not just based on what we did in Jeddah.

"There's a lot of work going on within the aerodynamics department, vehicle dynamics department.

"We're trying to design some experiments there that will hopefully give us a direction that's good for performance."

Source: Autosport

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