Article To news overview © XPBimages Christian Horner predicts that Mercedes have used a large portion of their Formula 1 development budget to introduce the "B-spec" W14 upgrades. Having kept faith with the zero sidepods concept at the start of the season, Mercedes quickly abandoned this in favour for a more conventional design, which was finally introduced in Monaco. At its first outing at a conventional, non-street track, the upgraded W14 proved to be the closest challenger to the all-conquering RB19, although Lewis Hamilton still finished 24 seconds behind Max Verstappen. And it is clear to Horner that Mercedes have improved - although he pointed out that the gap at the end...
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