Mercedes are debu🤪ting what they hope will be substantial upgrades in Monte Carlo, including s🌌idepods which are similar to Red Bull’s philosophy.

Russelജl and Lewis Hamilton hope that Monaco will be the start of a new chapter where the new-look W14 can again fight Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.

“Things are working as expected, 🔯no real concerns♏,” Russell said about Mercedes’ upgrades.

“We brought a lot to the 🅺car - aero package, new suspension and all are working as expected.

“I see no reason why in Barcelona it won’t perform as we expect🦹ed, and we will hopefully make a small jump.

“But, equally, I think Aston Martin has brought some upgrades as well and naturally the whole field moves forward🍒.”

“Sometimes you have got to stick with what you believe. And, sometimes, the best course of action is building 🐬around your foundations.

 “But we wanted to rule some things out.

“The sidepods haven’t necessarily brought a✤ny additional performance by going to a more Red Bull concept.

“The magic is more underneath the floor. But we still had to ru🍸le it out. We’ve done that now, now we move on.”

The revised des🎉ign to the floor was displayed when Hamilton crashed in practice, and a crane lifted his car hi🍌gh into the air.

Toto Wolff,ꦫ the Mercedes team principal, joked that it was like a circus act.

Wolff is hoping t♚o gain further understanding of Mercedes’ latest upgrades in Monaco, and next w🤪eek in Spain, while they continue to tweak their revised ideas.

The ‘zeropod’ strategy whi🐠ch Mercedes have𒆙 now ditched in favour of the approach that Red Bull use is the key difference.