Swapping the zero-pods for bulging sidepods in Monaco, Anthony Davidson says the W14 was never 'designed' to have sidepods.
Sky F1 pundit labels Mercedes sidepod swap ‘a cut and shut job’Swapping the zero-pods for bulging sidepods in Monaco, Anthony Davidson can understand why Mercedes aren’t closing the gap to Red Bull as the car was never “designed” to have sidepods.
“The car was, let’s not forget, the car was never designed to look like this this year,” he told the Sky Sports podcast after the Japanese Grand Prix.“And it’s a bit of a, with all respect in the world, it is a bit of a cut and shut job. I think the team would admit that themselves. Mercedes are set to make fundamental changes to the basic bones of the car ahead of the new season, Lewis Hamilton saying the team needs to put in the “” if they want to challenge Red Bull for top honours next season.
“I think you hear a level of frustration at just seeing Max Verstappen and Red Bull just romp away with it and destroy the competition. So you know, straight after the race, you’re a bit devastated by that,” he said. “They’re scrambling to try to make headway to catch that gap and you’ve got that buffer, that margin, to work on your next year’s car.
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