Mercedes’ long-awaited developments to the sidepods of its W14 challenger – plus new suspension arrangement, tweaked floor, rear wing and rear brake winglets – finally appeared at last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, having initially been expected to run at Imola before that race was cancelled.
Evaluating upgrades at Monaco is notoriously difficult given the track’s unique layout, low average speed and bumpy surface and it has also historically been a venue where the Black Arrows squad has struggled to generate the required tyre temperatures to qualifying high up the grid.
