At Spa-Francorchamps, Ferrari confronted a dilemma; both use the low downforce rear wing – as used within the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – or use an up to date model of that rear wing with barely extra downforce.
It was a justified downside as a result of, regardless of the quick nature of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, additionally they had to have the ability to produce the mandatory downforce within the second sector of the circuit, essentially the most downforce-dependant part of the observe.
There have been no such doubts at Circuit Zandvoort on Friday when, proper from the primary free apply, a high-downforce rear wing was chosen for each vehicles.
This wing is characterised by a clearly seen spoon profile on the backside of the wing (see illustration).
Ferrari in a position to hit the bottom working
It is a barely modified model of the wing used on the Hungaroring, with the central part of the horizontal beams being barely larger.
The stability that Ferrari discovered with this configuration allowed the staff to steer the sector with two vehicles in FP2, and in addition reveal a race tempo that appears to be higher than that of Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen, who solely completed eighth in FP2, though he drove on used softs.
After the primary two free apply periods, it’s clear that the proper correlation between the simulations, as carried out in Maranello, and the on-track apply information was instantly discovered.
In earlier race weekends, we have now seen that when Ferrari succeeded to find a direct correlation, with minimal changes required to that stable base set-up, they have been quick all weekend, as was the case in Austria.
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