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I saw this picture of Marc Gene doing test runs in april. Why would they use the old 2005 front wing and not the new 2006 front wing for testing?Wouldn't this give the wrong data comparibility to there 2006 race car (To see if they are improving there times?)
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I can see that the nose cone is very similar to the F2005 car, the deep spoon profile on this year is a revisions of that front wing. The center being stretched depper, losing the "box wing" of last year aslo adding a piece of winglet on top of the main plate.
It depends on what they are testing. If it's aero improvements, then this front wing seems innapropriate. But if all they are doing is comparing tires, then it makes sense to use an older mule.
And recently, tire testing has been top priority for Ferrari.
Could be that this produces more downforce (but with more drag) than the one they used for the previous races this season. This would be advantageous to them in Monoco.
