After more than a season of Mercedes going it alone in pursuit of its zeropod concept, it finally abandoned the idea as it pursued the growing trend for what has become known... read more »

The centrepiece to those changes was made to its sidepods, and builds on the conceptual shift taken at the Monaco Grand Prix when it opted to abandon the 'zeropod'... read more »

The shape of teams' sidepod designs has been thrust into the spotlight in F1's latest ground effect era as initially there was a fascinating variety of different... read more »

Only Lando Norris has the updates at his disposal for the time being, with Oscar Piastri forced to wait until the British Grand Prix as the team prepares enough parts for both... read more »

The start of F1's new ground effect era witnessed some interesting variation in sidepods, with Red Bull one of many to adopt what is known as a downwash design. Elsewhere... read more »

The F1 season may have started off with various sidepod designs, from ramps to zero-pods to bathtubs and slidepods, but one design is prevailing as the strongest option in 2023... read more »

Its feat has partially been driven by the additional CFD and wind tunnel time afforded by its relatively poor performance last season.However, it also has been helped by a... read more »

As part of an upgrade delivered at the Spanish Grand Prix, the Italian squad abandoned the bathtub in-wash sidepod design that it had used since the start of 2022. Instead, the... read more »

For the return of ground-effects at the start of 2022, Red Bull (downwash), Ferrari (in-wash) and Mercedes (size-zero) all developed radically different sidepod designs.With... read more »

The Maranello-based team has moved away from the bathtub in-wash sidepod concept it has used since the start of 2022 to a more Red Bull-style downwash solution for this... read more »

Ferrari opted for the in-wash bathtub solution, Mercedes had its zeropods, and Red Bull went for a downwash idea.As time has gone by, most of the grid have picked up the... read more »

As reported by Autosport earlier, Ferrari is abandoning its long-running in-wash style sidepod concept for a Red Bull-style downwash design.As our exclusive images show, the... read more »

After a disappointing qualifying for the season-opener in Bahrain, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton qualifying sixth and seventh, Wolff said the reality of his... read more »

McLaren, like many of its rivals, switched its sidepod concept during 2022, moving away from the narrow rear body design that it employed at the start the season to something... read more »

The German car manufacturer went completely its own route for 2022, adopting a 'zero sidepod' solution on the W13, which was very different to the downwash Red Bull... read more »

The changes, which have to be notified to the FIA before the cars are allowed to run on track, include revised front suspension, sidepod vanes, floor, rear wings and bib wing... read more »

Mercedes will take its upgraded exhaust package to the Singapore Grand Prix after successfully testing the development during the young driver test. The outfit has lagged... read more »

McLaren say they're 'encouraged' by their latest developments debuted during practice for the German Grand Prix this weekend. The Woking outfit have struggled... read more »

Caterham F1 is looking forward to racing at Hockenheim again, not in the least because the team feels it could be quite competitive at the venue. It will be the second race... read more »

Ferrari have done what many teams could never achieve in a single season, and that's to go from having a mid-field car, to a front-runner capable of winning races. Whilst... read more »

Ferrari has followed the same exhaust development path as McLaren after introducing a significant upgrade for the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend. The Italian outfit has... read more »