Ferrari and Alfa Romeo insurance in the Catalan winter testing, Mercedes has not.
a Faint test session after the Mercedes factory to consider now, whether the garage design work gone right.
Mercedes problems suspected as the cause a rule change because of the different make canards, which is different than, for example, the worst competitor in a Ferrari. German garage new car canards will rise laidoiltaan higher than competitors.
Also Kimi Raikkonen Alfa romeo in the canards is crafted with ferrari’s way quite wide. Mercedes aims to design to take the bulk of the air flow under the car.
– If the Ferrari is right on this point, Mercedes and Red Bull have a big problem. Mercedes still Red Bull higher, Racing Point technical director Andrew Green said.
at This stage it is very difficult to assess whether the Mercedes a weak lap time more rings or aerodyn to mika, but Auto motor und Sport -magazine, the garage has started to figure out options for the worst-case scenario.
One of the out risen solution is to make a wing similar to the Ferrari.
I would be negligent if we didn’t do it. Nevertheless, we should not panic now. We need to figure out, can we continue this way, a source told a German newspaper.
Mercedes in terms of copying was a horror scenario, because it would force to change the design of the car also in other respects. The modification would take so long, that a new creature making use of would go a long period.
the Catalan motor speedway, the second testing period starts tomorrow. There Mercedes has already announced that its new updates.
Lewis Hamilton remained the Catalan tests of various second century than Sebastian Vettel. epa/aop