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Mercedes must be willing to accept ‘this concept doesn't work'

Unless Mercedes' Miami upgrades provide the step forward the team desperately need, Martin Brundle says there must come a time when they declare 'this car and concept doesn't work'. Formula 1 has a new look this season with the cars based on ground-effect aerodynamics. Although there were concerns before pre-season testing that the cars would look the same as F1 had issued a rigid set of technical regulations, the teams all came up with different solutions. Mercedes went with a zero-pod design, but the W13 is proving to be a handful as the minimalistic sidepods have compounded their ‘porpoising' problems. Suffering with extreme bouncing, it is speculated it is costing Mercedes...
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