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Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer says Formula 1 teams are going to be looking at Mercedes’ revolutionary sidepods and “thinking have we missed something big here?”
Former driver and current F1 analyst Jolyon Palmer has been one of the first people to publicly give his reaction to Mercedes’ spectacular reveal of their updated 2022 car.
Although it is as of yet unknown what kind of performance the updates are going to bring, Palmer trusts that Mercedes know what they’re doing.
”My gut reaction is they rarely get these big innovations wrong,” the Briton said.
“A couple of years ago, DAS [Dual Axis Steering] was spotted in pre-season testing and it was a clever little device on the front axle to warm the tyres.
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“This is a complete innovation again, people call this the ‘zeropod’ because there is no side pod, it’s shaved down.
“Mercedes going with something so innovative, look at it, it’s just so sculpted behind the front wheels. There is pretty much no sidepod.
”Everyone else down the pit lane, in the paddock and back at the factories will be looking at this and thinking have we missed something big here?
“Cooling for that must be a real mission, but they must feel comfortable with it. They’ll found out here in the best way because it’s very hot,” Palmer concluded.
