What’s going on with Mercedes’ ‘trombone steering’?
Ted Kravitz: "A senior source at Mercedes has confirmed that a) we’re not imagining it, the trombone steering, b) it’s something that’s on the car and not ostensibly something just for testing and c) it’s a steering mode. So, it’s another element of what the steering can do.
“In the way that Mercedes do, and they’re so clever, they thought ‘maybe we can do something like the way the steering changes the ride-height when it’s on full lock’ in different track conditions.”
Garage doors down at Renault…
And that, under the new regulations stating that the shutters have to remain open in most circumstances, isn’t particularly promising for their session at the moment.
The floor of the RS20 will be off for certain at the moment either changing or repairing something.
Daniel Ricciardo is second on the timesheet, but only has 17 laps to his name in the opening two-and-a-half hours.