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On Autosport there is a pic of McLaren at Monza running without the basket handle front wing.....
as expected most teams lose 1 plane on the front wing and went to a trimmed rear, though I am surprised that they are still running those winglet on the front wing...
I am surprised that only honda and ferrari followed the approach of BMW, where the middle lower section of the wing is higher up. It certainly helped them last year
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an observation stating that today Hamilton's McLaren basically danced over the kerbs, effortlessly. With the engine homologation in effect and on a such a low DF circuit, the race can be decided by having the best mechanical grip race dynamics - the same as Monaco btw., but I'd think that aero mattered the most on the "in between", average profile, medium speed racetracks.
I don't know if it was only me, but in Turkey it seemed that McLaren was the most agressive team over the kerbs too. On occasion when the Maccas were close to someone else so as a direct comparison was possible it seemed Alonso/Hamilton both hit the curves like crazy. This could be terrible news for Ferrari's championship hopes - and in their home arena, no less! Are we in for a decider?
BMW is close too, surprisingly close considering they've lost their "highest revving" advantage from last year. Seems they've got Monza figured out on a number of levels. If either McLaren or Ferrari drop the ball in any way, the Beemers will be right there to reap the rewards, no margin whatsoever for mistakes.
Good to see Williams on the offensive, quick to adopt the bridged front wing. Seems the basics of that design aren't too hard to copy and modify. Rosberg sounded genuinely impressed by the designs for the FW30 btw., I'm interested to see what they've got on their drawing boards as Nico certainly is one of the drivers out there who indeed has the capacity to understand the technical side of things in some depth.
Toyota have been doing reasonably well, but definately need to improve their race pace. They had the fourth best time today.
Is their "problem" driver or chassis related What do you guys think?
I know this is just testing and times do not mean much, but they may be improving a bit. They may just be able to compete with their customer team this season! ( ten point deficit!)
What do you guys think?
