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 »
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Mercedes' "very extreme" sidepod design will prompt "a lot of debate" in the paddock, according to Formula 1's managing director Ross Brawn. read more »
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Formula 1’s managing director of motorsport, Ross Brawn, has described Mercedes’ new sidepod design “very extreme” and says it’s not something they anticipated under the new... read more »
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Mercedes has brought a significant upgrade to its 2022 Formula One car in time for the second pre-season test in Bahrain. read more »
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Mercedes has unleashed a package of upgrades at the second pre-season Formula 1 test, with the W13 sporting radical vertical sidepod inlets. The W13 wore traditional inlets at... read more »
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Mercedes have captured the attention up and down the pit-lane at the final Bahrain F1 test with a a bold new 'no sidepod' design on a radically different W13 car. read more »
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Mercedes' updated W13 Formula 1 car has broken cover on the opening day of the second and final pre-season test in Bahrain. read more »
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Mercedes have debuted their sidepod-less W13, taking to the track at the Sakhir circuit on Thursday morning. read more »
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There had been intense speculation in the build-up to the test that Mercedes would bring an overhaul of its 2022 car to the final test in Bahrain, having opted to run a more... read more »
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The new design appears to be influenced by those already seen elsewhere, whereby the outermost mirror stay (red arrow) acts as a flow conditioner that helps to reinforce the... read more »
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In the latest F1 Gossip, Verstappen agrees new 'super contract', Ferrari make major engine progress, and Mercedes eye up Red Bull's "interesting"... read more »
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Red Bull's RB18 has broken cover, the new car and its radical sidepod design on track in Spain for the start of pre-season testing. read more »
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How do Red Bull's latest tech upgrades benefit the RB16B? The Portuguese Formula 1 Grand Prix might not have been the most exciting race of all time, but the heat between... read more »
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Racing Point introduced an important update package for the Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello. The package was only fitted to Lance Stroll’s RP20, while Sergio Perez will have to... read more »
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Looking at the Mercedes W11 next to the 2019 championship-winning W10 and the most striking visual difference, besides the flashes of red from new sponsor INEOS, is the huge... read more »
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On the eve of a new Formula 1 season, Mercedes will feel the weight of expectation like no other team, having achieved an uninterrupted sequence of six double world championships read more »
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Mercedes has made minor tweaks to its sidepod-mounted turning vanes ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix in an effort to close back in on Formula 1 rival Ferrari read more »
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Renault head to Azerbaijan with a new front wing, rear wing and sidepod configuration in a bid to maximise their weekend. read more »
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In our latest guide to how an F1 car works, Giorgio Piola and Jake Boxall-Legge explain the design trends teams pursue in sidepod design, and the reasons behind them. They also... read more »
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Renault are set to introduce new upgrades to the R.S.18 with the team fitting new barge boards and sidepod vents for the Singapore Grand Prix. read more »
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The Mercedes-AMG Petronas team may not have experienced the happiest of Austrian GPs, but its new sidepod designs could bode well for future races. Stuart Codling, Executive... read more »
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Mercedes technical director James Allison says his team has found 0.25s in performance from the work around its new car's sidepods alone. read more »
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New sidepod design worth quarter of a second - Mercedes read more »
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Mercedes' James Allison explains how the team found one-quarter of a second on its 2018 car just by redeveloping its sidepods. read more »
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Mercedes technical director James Allison has said that the new sidepod design which features on the W09 will be worth around a quarter of a second of improvement. read more »