Mercedes stuck to its unique 'zero sidepod' concept in 2022 despite all the difficulities it faced in making its car competitive. Here's why it never considered copying Ferrari or Red Bull's solution like some other F1 teams on the grid:
And, with its key focus being on curing the porpoising problems that blighted the start to its campaign rather than worrying about the sidepods, changes it made to most other aspects of its car eventually helped turn its car in to a winner.
“Most of the engineering, certainly from the aerodynamic point of view, a lot of it are the bits you can't see under the floor,” said Shovlin. “That is where a lot of that work is. “All our other cars have had pioneering features on them, they had clever ideas. We have tried to be leading with the technology, so we'll carry on doing that.”Despite sticking steadfast to its sidepod solution for 2022, Mercedes could yet make a switch for next year as it ponders a rethink of its car concept.
“When you've got a completely new set of rules, it's difficult to know where everyone is going to design to,” he explained. Mercedes managed to address most of its porpoising problems over the course of the campaign, but still encountered a few issues later in the season.
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