__________ wrote: ↑21 Feb 2022, 23:00
I see the sidepods are completely different from what was unveiled. We'll see this with almost all teams. Some level of update from all the launch cars.
The car looks clean but there doesn't seem to be too much missing from it, in fact it may be so clean so as to ensure good airflow to the rear. Obviously we have Mercedes and Ferrari as the two extremes, are the concepts mutually exclusive or are they compatible? Or perhaps the extremes are no longer the right call. I can't wait to find and see how the Macca gets developed but I suspect we will be pinching some ideas in the next few months as we are very middle of the road. Perhaps the car was built to be able to pivot the sidepod concept? I'd be surprised if that Mercedes "Bargeboard" concept doesn't work on every car though so I expect to see some aggressive development there.
We haven't learnt much from these pics and videos but it's nice to see them, I can feel us slipping back into the season again.
It's also like a birthday... for every new winter testing I feel the other year added on!