New W14 sidepod design won’t copy F1 rivals

His comments suggest that while the team is planning to move away from the “size-zero” design introduced in Bahrain a year ago on the W13, it won’t necessarily be following the trend towards the concept used so successfully by Red Bull last year, and since copied by others.

Team boss Toto Wolff flagged an in-season sidepod change at the launch of the W14 last month when the new car was revealed with the size-zero design still in place.

“I think, for us, it’s…