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# Video: Mercedes’ 2023 F1 car choices – and its lack of optimism
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-mercedes-2023-f1-car-choices-and-its-lack-of-optimism/
- Published: 2023-02-15T17:39:17.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-15T17:36:23.000Z
- Description: Mercedes revealed its 2023 W14 Formula 1 car on Wednesday but there wasn’t a huge amount of optimism around the team. Our latest video features Glenn Freeman, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Edd Straw discussing all the interesting features on the W14
- Author: Josh Suttill
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-center-center

Mercedes revealed its 2023 W14 Formula 1 car on Wednesday, and while there were lots of interesting features to talk about on the car, there wasn’t a huge amount of optimism around the team.

Mercedes gave off a vibe of knowing it could still start the season behind, and even though it has retained its unique sidepod design, there were hints that this could change in the early races of the year when the first car updates are introduced.

Glenn Freeman, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Edd Straw discuss all the interesting features on the W14, including the team’s performance-related decision for going back to running a black livery, in our latest video: