Ferrari group principal Frederic Vasseur stated they may have thought-about a protest over McLaren’s rear wing design.
McLaren has since confirmed it should change the design of its rear wing following questions over its legality after video footage from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix confirmed it deforming underneath excessive hundreds.
Vasseur stated the query of the design’s legality was “greater than borderline.” The rear wing appeared to assist McLaren maximise their high velocity in a race the place Oscar Piastri held Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc again to win.
The FIA beforehand started finding out the behaviour of groups’ entrance wings with a view to guarantee they weren’t flexing excessively at excessive velocity. Nonetheless Vasseur believes McLaren’s rear wing was clearly deflecting to enhance its efficiency.
“I feel there’s a form of confusion between what’s occurred with the entrance wing and the rear wing,” he stated. “The entrance wing, all of us agree that it may very well be a gray space as a result of within the [technical directive], the primary paragraph of the TD is saying that you could’t design a part of the automotive with the intention of the deformation. Intention is tough to handle.
“The rear wing story is totally completely different as a result of on the article you might have additionally a most deflection. And that is black or white. It’s not gray, darkish gray, gentle gray – it’s black and [white] for me, it’s clear.”
Requested whether or not Ferrari might have protested McLaren’s automotive had they realised how its wing was behaving sooner, Vasseur stated: “It might have been potential, however it’s not really easy to have proof.
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“Now, truthfully, I wish to flip this web page as a result of I wish to be targeted on the longer term. Baku and Monza are behind us. Now we have nonetheless seven races to go. Now we have to win this weekend and it will likely be the perfect reply that we can provide.”
The FIA said yesterday that each one wings which met their deflection checks had been thought-about authorized. Though McLaren probably gained a profit from operating the design earlier than agreeing to alter it, Vasseur doesn’t consider Ferrari missed a trick by not being as aggressive as their rivals had been with their aerodynamics.
“Truthfully, we’re pushing on the restrict of what we’re contemplating authorized, I can’t ask the group to overshoot this restrict,” he stated.
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