Mercedes unveiled its striking 'zeropod' design at the second pre-season test but has struggled to unlock the potential in the W13's concept. read more »

Following another tough weekend, Toto Wolff admits that the "diva" W13 leaves his team in a quandary as to whether it sticks with its current concept or not. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is not ruling out switching back to an older car concept that is "much slower on paper" after the world champions' continued struggles... read more »

Martin Brundle says Mercedes may have to accept "this car and concept doesn't work" at some point. read more »

Toto Wolff has defended Mercedes' 'disappearing sidepod' concept despite reflecting there may be part of it that "simply doesn't work". read more »

Denying that the W13's design is fundamentally flawed, Mercedes team boss, Toto Wolff is unwilling to give up on the car's unique sidepod design... yet. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says being lapped by Max Verstappen at the Emilia Romagna GP "shows how wrong" Mercedes got it with their new 2022 car, while team boss Toto Wolff says... read more »

Toto Wolff says of his W13 that there is no such a thing as a "wrong concept", just one that "doesn't work with the regulations". read more »

F1 managing director motorsports Ross Brawn has surprisingly rebuked George Russell following the Mercedes driver's criticism of the sprint concept. read more »

The German manufacturer's competitive struggles have hit a season low so far at Imola, with neither Lewis Hamilton or George Russell making it in to the top 10 in... read more »

F1's sprint race concept could become slightly more palatable if fans view the 30-minute session a little differently than usual. read more »

It has been a poor start to the new era of Formula 1 for Williams, but they are not about to tear up their design and start again. read more »

Along with his team of F1 engineers - who have since transferred across to work for the FIA - Symonds was one of the chief architects of the current aerodynamic package, having... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has emphasised that its W13 has the potential to fight at the front of the field, after its subdued showing during qualifying in Bahrain. Mercedes... read more »

For the final pre-season test in Bahrain, Mercedes completely overhauled its mirror set-up as part of the sidepod revamp of the W13.Rivals questioned what Mercedes had done, as... read more »

AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has claimed it is 'impossible' for a team to alter its sidepod philosophy this year with a number of solutions on display. read more »

Damon Hill believes Mercedes' "slim sidepod" concept could be causing "trouble" for the team. read more »

Zero-pods? Been there, done that for Haas. read more »

As part of the upgrades that Mercedes brought to its W13 for last week's Bahrain test, it included an innovative mirror stay concept on its side impact structure fins -... read more »

Christian Horner has seemingly performed a U-turn over Mercedes striking 'zeropod' concept by now declaring the design 'absolutely legal'. read more »

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has conceded the team has "a lot of work to do" to 'validate' its striking sidepods concept. read more »

The German manufacturer revealed a radical new concept ahead of the start of the Bahrain test, using the Side Impact Structures (SIS) as separate fins to help shrink its... read more »

There had been whispers ever since Barcelona about the concept potentially exploiting some grey areas of the regulations, and it did not take long for such concerns to be... read more »

The French manufacturer has built an all-new power unit for this season, which most significantly sees it finally adopt the split turbine and compressor concept pioneered by... read more »

He also admits that the tighter cap will make it hard for a team that discovers it has followed the wrong concept with the new rules to switch direction and produce a... read more »