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New sidepods not ‘magic trick' for Mercedes – Russell

May 26 The emergence of sidepods on Mercedes' heavily updated 2023 car at Monaco won't be a 'magic trick' that blasts the struggling team back to P1. That is the warning of team driver George Russell after Red Bull-style sidepods emerged on the car concept that both this year and last year was dubbed in the media the innovative ‘no sidepods' solution. 'I feel aerodynamic progress,' said Russell when asked how the updates felt on the simulator. 'We'll have to wait and see about the rest. You only get the final answer on the track.' However, he's fairly certain that the sidepods alone will not be a silver bullet. 'I hope I'm proven wrong, but the sidepods won't be the magic trick,'...
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