As you, I don't understand why would them retain until the end of the season a design known for being 0,2s handicapped.Venturiation wrote: ↑26 Dec 2023, 23:09According to this sidepods change won't bring much performance for 2024? why not stick with zeropods then
“The laptime that came with the Monaco update was not remotely from the things that were visually different, apart from the wishbones,” says Allison. “The change to the sidepod fronts were [a case of] ‘let’s just not have that as a thing to worry about for the future’.
“Actually, the decision to go to that new sidepod front probably took about two tenths of a second off the update package we put on the car. From a pretty torrid 14 months, we took that off the table as a variable, but actually that particular change on that particular day was slower than what preceded it.
"The things which brought performance were all underneath the car, and rear brake drums and ducts, front wing. Subsequently, you work with what you’ve got then and just iterate from that point. This car long ago left that 0.2s deficit behind it and away we go.
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/jame ... de-on-w14/
It does not sense at all. I start to feel like MB are guided more from pride and stubborness than reality. And / or they are really lost, and they'll never admit it.