There may not have been a collective gasp when Mercedes pulled the sheets off its Formula 1 car, but the carryover of its design was certainly on people’s minds: The side pods. They were the same.

Mercedes has unveiled its Formula 1 car for the 2024 season, the W15, and cautioned it still has a “mountain to climb” to catch Red Bull Racing.

An F1 analyst has lifted the lid on why Ferrari and Mercedes were unable to close the gap to Max Verstappen's Red Bull team in 2023.