F1 to test rain guards at Silverstone

System One groups will take a look at a bolt-on wheel cowl geared toward lowering spray in moist situations subsequent week.

Mercedes and McLaren will take a look at the system at Silverstone on Thursday subsequent week after the tyre assessments which comply with Sunday’s British Grand Prix.

F1 automobiles at the moment throw out an enormous quantity of spray within the moist as a result of their designs, which has created conditions the place the governing FIA’s occasion stewards are reluctant to start out or restart races, or permit them to proceed, in heavy rain.

There have been notable examples, such because the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix, the place two laps had been accomplished behind the Security Automobile earlier than the race was reduce quick because of the situations being too unhealthy.

The beginning of final 12 months’s Monaco Grand Prix was delayed as a result of a rainstorm earlier than the occasion, whereas the Japanese Grand Prix had an extended red-flag interval after two laps behind a Security Automobile.

Mercedes and McLaren will take a look at the effectiveness of the brand new system and whether or not they create difficult with regards to altering tyres at a pit cease.

Security in moist situations resurfaced as a speaking level final week when System Regional driver Dilano van ‘t Hoff was killed in a collision at Spa-Francorchamps in heavy rain.