Mercedes knew before the start of pre-season F1 testing that its car concept required a change of direction in order to be competitive.
The German manufacturer has had a difficult start to the new season, with its 2023 F1 challenger proving to be no match for the dominant Red Bull team.boss Toto Wolff said that the squad had already thrown the towel in on its design concept and would start work in a completely new direction.
"You can look at your development rates in the wind tunnel, and before we even got to Bahrain, there were conversations about looking at bigger [concept] departures," explained Shovlin."That's not looking at it in isolation for this year's car development, it's something we've done over the course of the last 10 years.
One of the biggest changes that Mercedes plans to unlock in the early phase of this season is a revision to its zeropod concept. "This car is an evolution of the car that we had last year, and a lot of that is tied around where we've got the side impact structure. So now we're looking at bigger departures because it's evident that this hasn't given us the performance that we'd like.
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