The eight-time F1 constructors’ world champions have so far stuck to 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:plan to💟 🉐revise the unique sidepod concept during the 2023 F1 season. 

• The two traits Hamilton wants carried over from unloved W13

Sky Sports pitlane reporte✨r Kravitz has claimed Mercedes are developing a backup concept similar to Red Bull and Fer൲rari’s philosophy which could be deployed half way through the season. 

“They’re givജing their big idea, that was a failure last year, one more ꧒go,” Kravitz said.

“But I believe they have a ‘Plan B’ in production, and if they need to, they can go to a ‘Plan B’, which is the Red Bull or Fer⭕rari style of doing things, in the middle of the season.

“At the moment they’re saying, look, we th😼ink 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 aerodynamically.

“And anyway, they say most of the downfor𒊎ce is generated by the floor, which you can’t see, ﷽but they’re saying don’t expect anything too soon.

“I think if they went away without three or four w♕ins in a season, they’d be disappointed.”

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 not change theಞir♒ sidepods during the off-season. 

Asked why Mercedes haven’t already addressed the issue, Kravitz replied: “My reading of that was we’ve [Mercedes] haveꦗ got more things coming online. 

“We’ve got developments of the Eur🍨opean season and we think th🅘ey’re going to work, but 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&nb𓆉sp;the W14 will power them back into F1 title contention this year.