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# Video: Mercedes’ dramatically different F1 concept explained
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-mercedes-dramatically-different-f1-concept-explained/
- Published: 2023-05-29T17:59:13.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-28T11:44:57.000Z
- Description: The debut of the new Mercedes F1 upgrade package wasn’t especially conclusive – but that was always likely to be the case in Monaco. Our latest video looks at the changes and the rationale behind its shift in design
- Author: Jack Cozens
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-center-center, #mercedes, #monaco-grand-prix

How conclusive was the debut of the much-anticipated Mercedes Formula 1 upgrade package? Not especially so – but then that was always likely to be the case given its first appearance came at the Monaco Grand Prix.

What its debut did do, though, was give us a clear indication of the direction Mercedes has staked its long-term hopes of once again becoming a title challenger on.

Its pace wasn’t dramatically different from what we’ve been used to so far in the 2023 F1 season, but Monaco did allow Mercedes to get started with a package that was visually dramatically different – not least because it represented the first deviation from the zero-sidepod concept used since the start of this rules era.

Our latest video takes a closer look at the changes and the rationale behind what team principal Toto Wolff has described as “a fundamental shift in the design direction”.