I know there are multiple tweaks to reduce drag, but your initial assumption was to widen the sidepods. Let's do it the other way around and you explain me why wider sidepods would reduce drag as it sounds paradoxical.AR3-GP wrote: ↑01 Mar 2022, 20:21I'm referring to a Ferrari sidepod just as you were. I'm not sure I understand what the confusion is. Mercedes can trivially massage their sidepod shape to provide a drag reduction. It's not a binary on/off thing where it needs a wholesale change to "look like a Ferrari sidepod". Within this shape that we are calling a "micropod" there are near infinite number of permutations, some very close to the initial design, which may offer a further drag reduction. A tighter radius here, a more blunt edge there, a taller ramp here, an "bump" there, etc etc.
As far as I know wide sidepods seem to have a key role this season and that's creating outwash. As for Ferrari, the unique tub-sidepod design also reduces drag. So would Mercedes widen the sidepods to create more outwash or rather to reduce drag?