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First F1 ‘mudguard' test ‘a failure' – report
Jul.22 The first test of anti-rain ‘mudguards' to improve drivers' visibility did not go well. Following the death of a junior category driver at the treacherous Spa-Francorchamps circuit recently, Formula 1 vowed to trial an innovation designed to minimise spray that has only worsened in the ground-effect era. Mercedes and McLaren took part in the trial of the Mercedes-made prototype mudguards at the post-British GP test at Silverstone on an artificially watered section of the circuit. Mick Schumacher's Mercedes was fitted with the fenders, and Oscar Piastri's McLaren ran without them for a back-to-back comparison. 'I mean, there's more work to do on them,' Mercedes' engineering...
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