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Mike Elliott: the 2022 ‘mistake’ making Mercedes stronger

F1: Beyond The Grid

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The Difference Between McLaren and Renault

I was really lucky. I fell on my feet because McLaren was strong aerodynamically, but Renault were really strong in their efficient use of production in aerodynamics. And the only reason the two teams had the same performance is because McLaren were aerodynamically stronger. So you kind of look at it, it's fortuitous. While at McLaren, Adrian Newey and Peter Padromi were good people who spent a lot of time with senior people. We'd sit down, look at the CFD - big, thick paper books of printouts from CFD that we would go through. The newer junior people like me might have one or two of ideas we would show with them. They

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