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Bite-size tech: Ferrari rear wing change for qualifying

Ferrari loaded on some additional downforce on Saturday as the challenge that lay ahead of it began to unfold. On Friday the team ran with its low-downforce configuration rear wing (above) last seen in Baku. The flaps have much less angle of incidence in this configuration, which also leads to the use of only three relatively short endplate louvres to displace the smaller vortex being generated at the wing tips. Ferrari SF16-H, rear wing on Saturday Photo by: Giorgio Piola For FP3 and qualifying the team sacrificed some of is straightline speed for some additional balance and downforce in Sector 2, switching to the higher downforce rear wing we've seen it use for most of the season. This...
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