Do Mercedes have a ‘Plan B’ car in reserve for F1 2023? Ted Kravitz says team 'giving their big idea one more go’
The eight-time F1 constructors’ world champions have so far s⭕tuck ꦉto their guns by retaining their bold ‘zero sidepod’ design on their modified W14 challenger.
However, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has hinted at a 168澳洲5最ꦗ新开奖结果:plan to revise th🏅e unique sidepod concept during the 2023 F1 season.
Sky Sports pitlane reporter Kravitz has claimed Mercedes are developing a backup concept similar to Red Bull and Fer🃏rari’s philosophy which could be deployed half way🌟 through the season.
“They’re giving their big iꦛdea, that was a failure la𒉰st year, one more go,” Kravitz said.
“But I believe the🌸y have a ‘Plan B’ in production, and if they need to, they can go to a ‘Plan B’, which is the Red Bull or Ferrar♉i style of doing things, in the middle of the season.
“At the moment they’re saying, look, we think we’ve got a proper handle on what went wrong last year. We still believe that our way - unique in the pit lane of having very slim sideboards - is the way to go aerodynamica♍lly.
“And anyway, they say most of the downforce is generated by the floor, which you can’t see, but they’re s♒aying don’t expect anythin💟g too soon.
“I think if they went away without three or four win🦩s in a season, they’d be disappointed.”
2009 F1 world champion and Sky Sports pundit Jenson Button admitted he was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“surprised” Mercedes did not change their sidepods during the off-seas💝on.
Aske𒈔d🃏 why Mercedes haven’t already addressed the issue, Kravitz replied: “My reading of that was we’ve [Mercedes] have got more things coming online.
“We’ve got developments of the European season and we think they’re going to work, but maybe t☂he figures are very wrong eventually.”
After a torrid 2022, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell are hoping the W14 will power them back into F1 title contentio꧑n this year.
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