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Mercedes admits car ‘concept' may be scrapped

Mar.4 Mercedes may finally be on the cusp of admitting its ‘no sidepods' concept for the new-in-2022 ground effect regulations is a failure. Lewis Hamilton headed into the Bahrain season opener admitting that Mercedes may once again be trailing behind Red Bull and Ferrari. Now, even the Mercedes engine customer Aston Martin appears to also be ahead of the works team. 'We found out we are a long way off the guys in front,' seven time world champion Hamilton said. 'We kind of knew that from the test but it's a big gap. We are just on the wrong track. There was progress through last year, but the gap wasn't as big as it is now.' When asked if Mercedes is able to close the gap, the...
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