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Technical Analysis: Plucking 366km/h out of thin air

In our latest technical feature, Seb Scott explains the reasons why the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez produced such high top speeds. _ The Mexican Grand Prix was an odd race, wasn't it? Rosberg won, Hamilton didn't, Ferrari had a double DNF, the podium wasn't anywhere near the pit-lane and wing angles were the same as at Monaco. However, the biggest difference for the eagle eyed amongst us was the fact the cars were running steep wing angles on a day where the highest top speed of the season was reached – 366km/h (227.4mph) by Sebastian Vettel in his Ferrari. This posed a couple of questions. Why couldn't the cars go anywhere near that speed at Monza, where they ran a much...
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