💬 'The sidepods will change - not very soon - but we are looking at solutions.' Toto Wolff has revealed Mercedes are planning future upgrades that will change the distinctive sidepod design on their 2023 F1 car
Mercedes have retained the unique slim sidepod solution they first pioneered in 2022 on the launch version of theirWhile team principal Wolff stressed the ‘zeropod’ approach was not the fundamental reason for Mercedes’ lack of performance last season, he indicated the concept will undergo changes.Video of 2023 Mercedes W14: Can they challenge for the title?
“It is important to be bold in this sport and I am proud of the solutions we put on the car last year,” Wolff said. “The narrow sidepod design is not something we believe was fundamentally the reason why we didn’t perform.“We stayed with the narrow sidepod as it, but you could see some developments from now on which could be coming with upgrades and the sidepods will change - not very soon - but we are looking at solutions.But Wolff said Mercedes have no plans to introduce a different package at the upcoming pre-season test in Bahrain, insisting the launch-spec W14 is “the car we will test and race”.
“Last year we learned a tough lesson because we knew that we would bring an upgrade package for test number two, that was worth 1.5s,” he explained.
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