Mercedes' chief technical officer Mike Elliott has detailed the team's decision to change their sidepod concept during the 2023 F1 season.  read more »

After more than a season of Mercedes going it alone in pursuit of its zeropod concept, it finally abandoned the idea as it pursued the growing trend for what has become known... read more »

The centrepiece to those changes was made to its sidepods, and builds on the conceptual shift taken at the Monaco Grand Prix when it opted to abandon the 'zeropod'... read more »

Having abandoned the zeropod concept at the Monaco Grand Prix, the team has pressed on with optimising its new development direction as it has brought a raft of upgrades for... read more »

The German manufacturer secured its first pole position of the season at last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, when Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen to the front spot on... read more »

As had been anticipated, the revisions incorporate all the main elements of the sidepods - including the inlet, the undercut and the contours of the bodywork.The size and shape... read more »

The shape of teams' sidepod designs has been thrust into the spotlight in F1's latest ground effect era as initially there was a fascinating variety of different... read more »

The American-owned outfit has long pursued the same sidepod design as Ferrari, which provides it with its power unit and a raft of customer parts. But while it made complete... read more »

As the development war for the second best car in Formula 1 continues, Ferrari have brought a Red Bull-inspired beam wing concept to Silverstone which made their top speed as... read more »

Toto Wolff said that Mercedes did not discover performance when they experimented with replicating Red Bull's concept in the wind tunnel. read more »

Audi signs Swiss racing pro Neel Jani as simulator driver for Formula 1 power unit development, focusing on concept work and energy management. read more »

The wheel arch or "mudguard" concept emerged after heavy rain meant that the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix ran without any racing laps being completed.The idea is that all... read more »

After a difficult start to the 2023 season, the team began its pursuit of a different concept when it introduced the first tranche of upgrades to the current W14 model in... read more »

McLaren realised even before the season started that it had dropped the ball on its MCL60 concept and changed its floor philosophy for April's Baku round, which set a new... read more »

1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill believes Lewis Hamilton "scored a point" by getting Mercedes to change their car concept this year. read more »

Red Bull has taken over Mercedes' position as the dominant force in F1 since the 2022 regulations change to ground-effect based cars, with Max Verstappen an overwhelming... read more »

The Italian outfit has endured a challenging season so far, with both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz battling inconsistency with the SF-23, which has made it an especially... read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff has provided an update on Mercedes' development schedule for its W14 car. After the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix earlier this... read more »

Its feat has partially been driven by the additional CFD and wind tunnel time afforded by its relatively poor performance last season.However, it also has been helped by a... read more »

Photographs of the underside of Sergio Perez's RB19 were widely distributed over the Monaco Grand Prix weekend after the Mexican driver crashed in qualifying.The shots... read more »

Following the winter departure of team boss Andreas Seidl, who moved to become CEO at Sauber, Stella and McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown completed a major review of the heritage... read more »

Mercedes has been left upbeat about its prospects for the rest of the season after a major upgrade package to its W14 helped Lewis Hamilton and George Russell produce a double... read more »

Max Verstappen has mocked Mercedes' 'zeropod' design concept after the team moved away from that development path in Monaco. read more »

Ralf Schumacher believes Lewis Hamilton is enjoying the changes Mercedes have made to their F1 car with their recent upgrade more than teammate George Russell. read more »

George Russell has defied claims Mercedes' double podium success at the Spanish Grand Prix was down to finally adopting sidepods on its 2023 car, arguing Red Bull would... read more »