Ferrari group principal Fred Vasseur voiced frustration after studying that the FIA has requested McLaren to make modifications to a rear wing that it just lately used.
Rearward-facing cameras in Baku confirmed McLaren’s rear wing to be flexing to the extent it opened up a small slot the place the DRS flap would often open, doubtlessly resulting in a prime pace enhance when not utilizing DRS. The FIA has confirmed to RACER that’s has “requested for a small modification on the wing as is customary when discussing technical issues with groups,” though it’s not a configuration that’s probably for use in Singapore.
Vasseur says latest discussions concerning the McLaren entrance wing was an comprehensible level that was open to debate, however he feels the rear wing rules are clear to all.
“I believe there’s a type of confusion between what occurred with the entrance wing and the rear wing,” Vasseur stated. “The entrance wing, all of us agree that it could possibly be a grey space as a result of the primary paragraph of the TD is saying you may’t design a part of the automotive with the intention of the deformation. Intention is troublesome to handle.
“The rear wing story is totally completely different, as a result of within the article you even have a most deflection, and that is black or white. It’s not grey, or darkish grey, or gentle grey. It’s black and black. And for me it’s clear.”
With McLaren locking out the entrance row in Monza after which Oscar Piastri holding off Charles Leclerc for victory in Azerbaijan, Vasseur says the shut nature of the races makes it irritating that such small margins may make a serious distinction.
“We had a glance on the earlier occasions and it was solely on the low-downforce tracks,” he stated. “I’m unsure that they need to use the identical trick in Singapore or in Zandvoort, for instance.
“However we have now to offer the duty for the scrutineering to the FIA. It’s not my job to do it, it’s not James’ [Vowles] job, or no matter. They should do it and we have now to belief them. Truthfully, I’m not complaining about this.
“I believe it’s greater than borderline. All of us noticed the movies and footage of this, and it’s a bit irritating when, when you keep in mind the state of affairs in Monza, we had 5 automobiles in two hundredths of a second, and you progress from P1 or P2 to P5 or P6 for 2 hundredths of a second. In Baku we had 10 laps in a row after we arrived side-by-side at Flip 1, so you may think about that we have now a little bit of frustration.”