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Originally Posted by TheBingoBalls
No side pod design is likely dead. I'm sure on paper in was a good idea but ultimately, the conclusion is there isn't a floor that could be engineered to work with the design or in a manner where a car could be competitive.
I would be surprised if Mercedes didn't completely deviate away from the side pod-less design for the W14 in favour of the tradition side pods. Which is a shame because it was nice to see the W13 look different than all the other cars.
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I also think that will be the case but to be fair their design showed some serious pace near the end of the season and 6 other teams with traditional sidepods were well behind them with Alpine actually being a very monstrous car with lots of potential.
Realistically - Ferrari is fundamentally the monster of the current generation of cars. If they figure that thing out and make the right reliability improvements, they will be extremely hard to beat.