Toto Wolff has hinted that Mercedes' zero-pod concept will be sticking around. F1
After months of debate, if not almost an entire season, it seems Mercedes will stick with their zero-pod design with next year’s W14.
Arriving at the second pre-season test, the Brackley squad debuted a sidepod design that was quickly dubbed the zero-pod as there’s almost no bulk to them., Lewis Hamilton and George Russell bouncing from track to track in the first part of the season. As of last year that is decided on a sliding scale with the best-placed team permitted less time than the other nine teams.
“So all of the first half of 2022 we had 7 per cent less wind tunnel time than the 18 months before of Red Bull and much less than Ferrari. Now it swings the other way around.