Nascar Lewis Hamilton inspects Mercedes' upgraded sidepod design in Monaco

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"I think they've got to the point where they realised that they were the only ones [to have this concept]. It was a unique car.

"Williams started in a similar way last year and they quickly changed. Aston Martin changed and now it was kind of inevitable that Mercedes at some point were going to have to change things up as well."

"The data from the wind tunnel says these new sidepods, even though they stick out a bit more, do make the car go faster."