Mercedes insisted the radical 'no sidepod' design of their 2022 car is perfectly legal but F1 chiefs admitted "the extreme interpretation" of the new rules will create "a lot of debate".
Mercedes insisted the radical 'no sidepod' design of their 2022 car is perfectly legal but F1 chiefs admitted "the extreme interpretation" of the new rules will create "a lot of debate".
With much debate surrounding the flexi-wing used by Red Bull Racing the focus is certainly now on the rear part of the car in Azerbaijan. It appears that for the Baku Grand Prix the team have brought a new wing that is quite different from the ones we have seen at previous Grands Prix.
16 April, 2021
Full transcript from the FIA-hosted Friday press conference at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola on day one of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Round 2 of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship.
PART ONE
Q: That was an eventful FP1 so can we start with a
résumé
from each of you about how it went. Franz, let’s start with you please.
Franz Tost: So far everything went OK, at least with Pierre Gasly. I think we have a competitive package together. Unfortunately with the soft tyres he hit a little bit of traffic, nevertheless, I think he can show a good performance here. With Yuki, we were not so lucky because there was an electronic problem on the power unit – a wiring loom or something like this. I hope that they can sort it out for the second free practice session and that he can do some laps and that we can set-up the car in a proper way that he is prepared for tomorrow for the qualifying and Sunday for the race.