The 2023 season hasn’t started the way eight-time champions Mercedes wanted, but is it as simple as changing their unconventional sidepod design? Sam Collins takes a look in F1 TV Tech Talk.
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THEY don't have a 120 horsepower advantage anymore.
that's the #1 reason.
This British accent, his voice and whatever else really puts me to sleep listening to this unfortunately!
Obviously not as well as they used to since giving up those engineers to Redbull a few years ago. That's when Mercedes problems stopped getting fixed. Who did they lose?
Thank you for going into so much detail Sam ….
Something that seems to be overlooked is the the side pods can deliver more air to the rear wing to produce more downforce, if designed properly! In addition, adding an aero/winglet to the front of the floor will improve ground effect which contributes to more downforce as well!
As Sam does his usual stellar job talking tech to the common man, even the barest of tech savvy F1 fans realize this also shows that MB AMG is 12-18 months behind everyone else. They can say they’re bringing new [fill in the blank] to [fill in the blank] race, but without proper testing afforded in the pre-season, they’ll simply be testing next years car this year. Throwing another year down the drain.
“Fix your ****ing car.” – Chris Horner
imagine being at least the fourth fastest car and behaving like you're the slowest in the entire field
This car is junk! My citroen c4 can beat it!
Sam talking openly about an F1 car up close in the pitlane… Thinking back to Ecclestone's times, less than a decade ago, when people could get blocked for posting track footage online… what a beautiful era we live in 😉 Thanks Sam, great content as always !
this dude is crazy smart. thank you!