Barely five races have been enough for Mercedes assume that your concept of pontoons is wrong Or, at least, not very efficient. A lonely second place (Lewis Hamilton came second in Australia) on the first dates calendar has ended up causing a complete remodel of the silver bullets.
“F1 is a very tough competition, but it’s all about work hard to get back on top“, clarified Toto Wolffteam leader Mercedes, in the run-up to this race. Well, they are already doing the hard work and proof of this is the new single-seater concept that can be seen in the streets of the Principality.
The most important change is that the German team has abandoned he concept of design without sidepods which they had since last season. Starting from Monaco, they bet on a more traditional concept in the purest style Red Bullwith side rods and with a inner channel that, a priori, helps air flow.
However, visually you can see an aspect and a design more typical of the team Aston Martin that of the Austrians.
This new W14 also has different modifications in it flat bottom and in the front suspensionkey, in addition, in the layout of Monaco.
The Mercedes sidepods have arrived 👀 pic.twitter.com/JHqRzwHUbW
— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) May 25, 2023
New Horizons
With these improvements, added to those that are to come throughout the season, the new goals to half and long term. This season they are far of Red Bull, and even Aston Martin and Ferrari are found by in front ofbut the objectives are set at medium term.
It major is to turn the W14 into a single-seater simple of pilot in order to continue with development and compete with the best and, why not, with the victories.
