While their main issue is porpoising, come Spain, the German outfit will get a golden opportunity to compare its current Zero-Pod setup to the more conventional sidepod design they initially tested in Barcelona. What’s certain is that a call must be made soon whether to continue this way or do something different.
When asked by Motorsport if Mercedes could go back to launch spec after the Spanish Grand Prix, team principal Toto Wolff acknowledged the possibility.
“Well, I wouldn’t discount anything, but we need to give all our people benefit of the doubt. They have produced great race cars in the past and we believe that this is the route to go. Barcelona is definitely going to be a point in time where we are able to correlate with what we saw in February and gather more data.”
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