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Mercedes insists zero-sidepod concept could have worked
Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin insists that the Brackley-based outfit could have developed its original zero-pod concept into a successful car. When the sport made the switch to the current ground-effect cars, Mercedes started the shakedown test at Barcelona back in February 2022 with a conventional sidepod design. However, the Brackley-based outfit turned up with a surprising assembly for the Bahrain pre-season testing which was referred to as zero-pod configuration. Although the team displayed flashes of speed in the first season of the new era, it lacked consistency and struggled for pace where bouncing was an issue. Mercedes had been expected to ditch the...
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