Some questions were asked about the TD in the pre-race press conference which Lando attended.
Carlos claims it could be up to a 1 tenth swing in performance. It will change the balance of the cars but most teams should have re-balanced them in the simulator pre event:
‘Q: And what about the impact of the technical directive that the FIA is introducing this weekend? What has the team told you about the impact of that?
CS: Yeah, there's been obviously a lot of talk regarding this. I don't think it's going to affect teams and people as much as people think or as much as is being made about this change of regulation. It's still a front wing and still will be, just obviously run a bit stiffer and it will not flex as much as it did. I wouldn't expect more than one-tenth swing up or down through the field for each team depending on how much you were flexing or not.’
‘Q: But Carlos, do you think the car will be more difficult to balance as a result of this TD?
CS: Yeah, but I also think nowadays we have a lot of tools—mechanically and aerodynamically—to tune these cars. So even if it's going to be more of a challenge, we still have three practice sessions to see where the car is at in FP1 and take steps to fine-tune it and get it back to a decent place. You can imagine teams also in the simulator have been running endless laps just with a new wing. Nowadays, F1 teams are too well prepared, ion that sense, to be caught out by this kind of change.’
Lando again isn’t too concerned:
‘Q: Let’s bring it on to this weekend quickly. Are you concerned about the TD and how it might impact the MCL39?
LN: Nope. Not at all.
Q: What has the team told you about setting up the car? Will the aero balance shift to make it harder to drive?
LN: Like Carlos said, there are little tweaks here and there. But no, nothing that will change how we have to do anything.’
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