Mercedes are facing a big conundrum for 2023 with their zero-pod approach... F1
Are Mercedes so committed to the zero-pod they’ll die on that hill?Ross Brawn is right in saying Mercedes are “not idiots” and to suggest otherwise is a disservice to the rest of the grid given the Brackley squad handed them their arses in seven of the last eight seasons.
Yet when it came down to it we had three different sidepod concepts alone – downwash, upwash, and the where-are-my-sidepods-wash.a W13 that basically didn’t have any sidepods on the trackStraying away from the more conventional design, their zero-pod concept creates outwash low down while still guiding the air flow from front to rear.
It has been reported that in order to minimise the porpoising, the reigning World Champions had to shave away parts of the floor with the consequence of that being a loss of downforce.“We need to give all of our people who have produced great race cars in the past the benefit of the doubt, and we believe this is the route to go down,” he said after Miami.
With only five months to go until the 2023 cars hit the track, Mercedes are hopefully closing in on a decision even if they aren’t telling us.still exploring different concepts
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