His feedback recommend that whereas the staff is planning to maneuver away from the “size-zero” design launched in Bahrain a 12 months in the past on the W13, it received’t essentially be following the pattern in direction of the idea used so efficiently by Pink Bull final 12 months, and since copied by others.
Workforce boss Toto Wolff flagged an in-season sidepod change at the launch of the W14 final month when the brand new automotive was revealed with the size-zero design nonetheless in place.
“I feel, for us, it is how we developed the automotive final 12 months,” mentioned Elliott when requested in regards to the determination to initially stick to the W13 idea.
“I feel we have accomplished a whole lot of work different kinds of options. And we maintain coming again to this one as being the one which favours us. Is that the suitable long-term resolution? I assume we’ll discover out.
“Because it occurs, as Toto already mentioned, we have totally different bodywork coming, it will not be the identical as different individuals’s, and it will not be the identical as what we have, nevertheless it’ll be totally different.”
Requested by Autosport in regards to the timing of the change Elliot wouldn’t elaborate.
“It is simply a part of the conventional growth,” he mentioned. “Now we have bought a unique sidepod that is coming in, nevertheless it takes time to deliver, it takes time to make the bits, it takes time to vary the bits to go beneath the bodywork for it to suit. So we’ll deliver it as quickly as we are able to.”
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W14
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Elliott insisted that the staff is in a stronger place than final 12 months, regardless of an obvious deficit in efficiency to its principal rivals.
“In case you take a look at the place we have been final 12 months, we have been actually scuffling with bouncing,” he defined.
“I feel over the winter, we have on prime of a whole lot of the problems we had within the automotive, and we have come right here feeling like we have a greater package deal to work with.
“I feel if you take a look at the three days of winter testing we have accomplished, I do not suppose we really feel we truly bought the most effective out of the automotive but.
“I feel we had a reasonably poor day on day two, however we’re nonetheless studying. And I feel we discovered loads between the check and coming right here.”
Requested in regards to the suggestions from Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, he mentioned: “We have in all probability not fairly bought the stability window the place we wish it. The automotive just isn’t fairly the dealing with they need it to be but. In order that’s our job to go and repair that.”