Heading into the 2023 season, Mercedes made the bold choice to stick with their zero sidepod design, even after limping to a third-place finish in last year’s championship. The team believed that this design was not the direct cause of last year’s problems and hoped that by developing this pathway further they would once again be a competitive team. The Silver Arrows have been proven wrong after only one race however, with Aston Martin copying Red Bull’s design and leapfrogging their engine supplier, proving that Mercedes’ car design is inferior. Lewis Hamilton has sensationally suggested his team owe him an apology, as he highlighted the issues last season but Mercedes decided not...
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