How Formula 1's 2021 Regulations Have Hurt Mercedes

Could Mercedes' W12 be the 2nd strongest car of 2021? Hamilton and Mercedes may have won the 2021 Bahrain GP, but eyes are on Red Bull's RB16B to be the faster car of the 2021 Formula 1 season. But why? The prevailing theory lies with the combination of rake setups and the new 2021 floor regulations hurting Mercedes the most, despite its all-new for Bahrain car. Jake Boxall-Legge takes a look at what Mercedes brought to the first race of the year, and how its low rake setup might now be its biggest hindrance.

0:00 2021's New Rules Hurting Mercedes
0:39 F1's Debate Over Rake
1:46 How F1's New Rules Hurt Low Rake Cars
2:42 Updating The 2021 Cars
3:12 Mercedes Car Upgrades To Negate Rake Loss
4:24 Red Bull's Performance Gain

#F1 #Mercedes #BahrainGP

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[mcneilsmith]

Whoever does your 3D rendering and graphics needs a raise

[CSum-emjg]

Reminds me of Ferrari a couple of years ago. Red Bull needs to be consistent and capitalize when Merc is having a bad day. Having a long season benefits Merc I think. But I just sit on my sofa and watch youtube videos so what do I know? lol

[ISirSmoke]

I remember watching this video a week ago on THE RACE channel

[guanweihe]

As Lawrence stroll said in DTS season 3
They just didn’t make a good enough job

[holeshotshane]

Lol Sir Hamilton V.S. Baron Von Verstappen haha can't wait!

[truenoae]

I really appreciate how this channel is able to explain highly technical concepts in a way anyone can understand

[bhaskararaogondela]

Please make a video alpine car they seems to be way slower than last year compared to McLaren and even ferrari

[jeyda]

Thanks for acknowledging that the current rule changes have massively & adversely affected the low rake cars.

[MrTkeddo]

We’ll see in a high speed circuit like Monza if Mercedes are really slower than the Red Bull, The Ferrari also had the fastest car in 2018 yet still Mercedes took the championship.

[AGirlTalksF]

not that I want any team to have problems but it'd be awesome to see another team/WC win this season

[tyga]

Das, party mode and now new rules that hurt low rake cars. The W11 was a nightmare for the FIA

[mattevans]

Could you do videos like this looking at other cars. I think the Ferrari for example has a lot of potential, which we just havent seen in action yet.

[gelmir]

They need a lower profile rake to hide all the sandbags underneath.

[reeeeeeee-eg]

Honestly, this is good and I hope it remains to be the case. LH can now shut people that say "LH is nothing without Mercedes"

[dominicoxford]

A great insight into what the aero is aiming to achieve. Cheers

[arindammukherjee]

Despite the cars being a second slower as claimed, Lance Stroll still got into the points. Keep it up dude

[florisbackx]

How about we just wait to see how the cars run on a few different tracks before making assumption on how much faster car A is to car B. 😉

[sammoore]

The latest round of rule changes was specifically designed to cripple Mercedes. Why is anyone surprised...

[pierre-richard]

Love your work mate !!! Love the animation

[PinkPlume]

Great 3D models. Kudos to your animator!