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 stuck to their guns byꦬ retaining their bold ‘zero sidepod’ design on their modified W14 challenger.&nb✤sp;
However, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has hinted at a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:plan to revise the unique sidepod cꩲoncept during the 2023 F1 season.
🔯Sky Sports pitlane reporter Kravitz has claimed Mercedes are developing a backup concept similar to Red Bull and Ferrari’s philosophy which could be deployed half way throuꦆgh the season.
“They’re giving their bi🐻g idea, that was 💜a failure last year, one more go,” Kravitz said.
“But I believe they have a ‘Plan B’ in production, and if they need to, they can gไo to a ‘Plan B’, which is the Red Bul𒁏l or Ferrari 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 pi💞♑t lane of having very slim sideboards - is the way to go aerodynamically.
“And anyway, they say most of the downforce is genera🃏ted by the floor, which you can’t see, but they’re saying don’t expect anything too soon.
“I think𒉰 if they went away without three or four wins in a season, they’d be disap🤡pointed.”
2009 F1 world champion and Sky Sports pundit Jenson Button admitted he was 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“surprised” Mercedes did no꧑t change their sidepods during the off-ꦗseason.
Aske💮d 🍌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, b𒈔ut maybe the figures are very wrong eventually.”
After a torrid 2022, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell are hoping the W14 will power them back into F1 title contenti🥃on this year.
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