Having suffered the most extreme porpoising on the 2022 F1 grid, Mercedes found itself struggling to get to grips with its car early in the year. Here's a look at how the team turned pain into a late-season victory.
But the German car manufacturer certainly would never have predicted the kind of difficulties it faced with its W13.found itself enduring some pretty painful moments in trying to get to the bottom of what had gone wrong.
Here we take a look at all the work the Brackley-based squad put in and the changes it needed to make.The Mercedes W13 looked different at launch and during the pre-season shakedown than it would going forward. But it was not the only one, with changes to the engine cover, floor's edge and floor fences also clearly visible. Meanwhile, the FIA's allowance of an additional metal stay to help reduce porpoising also saw Mercedes take one onboard ahead of the rear wheel .One controversial aspect of the W13's zeropod layout was the SIS fairing and the mirror guide vanes .
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