The front wings are a issue of mass conversation that is directed to the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Spanish, with the sport governing body that institutes a new technical directive aimed at reducing flexibility in those components. This imminent change of rules has been the Paddock talk in the last week, with the directors of the team speculating how much the new tests and requirements could shake the hierarchical order.
Thursday was an opportunity for the drivers themselves to intervene.
The media day before the Spanish Grand Prix allowed several drivers to offer their thoughts about the new regulations, and some ruled them, while others pointed out that a great swing potentially reached the network, right in the center of the field.
“Yes, there is obviously much to talk about this. I don’t think it affects teams and people as much as people think or as much as they are doing about this regulation change,” said Williams Driver Carlos Jr. at the FIA press conference. “It is still a front wing and it will still be, obviously running a little more rigid and will not flex as much as I did. I would like this tenth swing up or down through the field for each deping equipment or not.”
However, pressed by Tom Clarksson on how a “swing of a staining” could mean “four places on the network”, Sainz competed that it was a possibility, participulate in the middle of the pack.
“That is true, real. Special in our small area of the center of the field.”
His Williams teammate, Alexander Albon, said that although Barcelona may not be an adequate track for the FW47, the new rule should help the team in general.
“The change of regulation is good for us, but the track does not,” Albon said when talking to the media on Thursday. “It will probably see us a little upside down this weekend, but not because flexi-wings. At the same time, I am quite optimistic. We carry exploiting the rules in the same way as the other teams, so it should be in the Lon.”
Aston Martin’s driver, Fernando Alonso, was quite diplomatic, turning the FIA press conference, simply referring to the new regulation without offering any idea how he thinks he could shake the network. In the same session, the driver of Mercedes George Russell described that he does not expect great changes in the hierarchical order.
“I think Barcelona will tell us a little more about the new package,” Alonso said at the FIA press conference. “Icola was a safe step forward, but also, I think we executed the medium tires and that helped us to qualify. And then Monaco is such a special place and on Saturday it is obviously a key part of the weekend, and we put some good goodbye, White Goodday ,
“Obviously there have been two poor races,” Russell described. “We shook the order too much.”
One of the chiefs of the team that believes that the new directive will have an impact, and a great impact on that, is the director of the Ferrari team, Frederic Vasseur. Speaking at the Monaco Grand Prix last week, he said that the new regulation could be a “game change” for everyone on the network. “At least we are working on it for years and this can be a Gamechanger for all, because we do not know the impact on each team of the new regulation,” said Vasseur.
His drivers were or a mixed mind on Thursday.
“As a driver, the balance will change a bit. Before, each team was a thrust in that direction because it had benefits for the driver and how it felt at high speed,” said Charles Leclerc.
“However, I don’t know how much the hierarchical order will change. We know how much it will affect us, not much. We do not know how much it will affect others.
“If it will change who the team is faster, I don’t think so. Will it change a little, yes, I think so? What we lose with the flexible wing, you can reproduce similar things with Eather’s things.”
Lewis Hamilton described the flexi-wing as “Band-Aid for quality design”, before pointing out that I was not sure how the new regulations would affect the network.
“The flexi wing was a curite for quality design that would say that the configuration and creation of devices and mechanisms in car mechanics, all engineers can do it,” Hamilton began.
“It is not yet so easy to get the load you need in the front at low speed, or simply trust only in mechanical grip. Until now, everyone has achieved, some people better than others.
“This weekend will be interesting because we have less flexion in the front wing. You have a lot of front in high -speed corners and less at low speed,” added the new Ferrari driver. “It will be interesting to see how that affects different teams. Some teams probably did a better job than others, so I have no idea how it will affect us.”
The team that many believe that the most could be hurt by the new directive is McLaren, who is at a dominant advantage in the race of the Builders Championship, while Oscar Piestri and Lando Norris sit at the top of the classification of the drivers.
Neether Driver seemed worried about the new regulations on Thursday.
“I think the biggest problem will be overloaded, probably,” said Piasstri, who is three points ahead of Norris in the classification of the pilot championship.
“We know what is different. I think everyone will have to change, at least to some extent. I have not run the front to the front, but Lando has already run the front wing before, this year. We are sure that this is not out, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet,.
As for Norris, who won the Monaco Grand Prix last week, Clarkson asked him at the FIA press conference if he was worried about the new regulations.
