Mercedes will be bringing a raft of updates to Baku this weekend as part of a shift in its F1 car concept. But the Azerbaijan package won't be limited to just new sidepods, with changes going far beyond visual looks. Explanation:
When Mercedes rolls out new sidepods at Imola as part of a major update package for the W14 Formula 1 car, it will renew focus on its change of concept.With the team having been open that it has gone down the wrong path with the design of its 2023 F1 car, it is inevitable that the most visual of changes will be the biggest evidence of it doing things differently. has been eager to emphasise that there is a big difference between a shift in how a car looks and a proper philosophical step-change.
Where the lines have perhaps been blurred is that the Mercedes zeropods were not the critical aspect of the car concept. Instead, they were just one element of an holistic philosophical approach about where the team’s downforce was delivered. In this respect, last year Mercedes paid the price for chasing peak downforce by running the car as low to the ground as possible – something that could not be delivered because of bouncing/porpoising.
And while some aerodynamic performance does come from visual elements like the wings plus the sidepods, the biggest gains are found by how airflow is managed underneath the car and through the diffuser. “We may start with theories over the best possible direction. Each department has an idea of what is required, and we bring those different aspects together. The aim: to get a car that the team can extract the maximum amount of performance from.
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