News Details

Merc tech boss: Ferrari pace drop ‘interesting'

They are definitely NOT 'drawing any solid conclusions', but Mercedes technical director James Allison admits Ferrari's drop in pace in recent races is 'interesting'. Ferrari had a purple patch in qualy after the summer break as they started in pole position in six consecutive races, although their Mexican P1 was down to Max Verstappen getting a grid penalty. However, they have dropped off the pace in the last two races with Valtteri Bottas starting on pole in the United States and Verstappen getting P1 in Brazil. Their change in fortune also coincided with the FIA issuing a Technical Directive regarding fuel flow, which, according to some, gave them a power boost. Verstappen went as far...
Full Story »
5y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes: Ferrari still quick but dip in form...

Mercedes technical director James Allison says Ferrari's straight-line...
5y ago from F1i.com

Allison: We did something plain dumb

Having missed out on the opportunity to pit Lewis Hamilton when the...
5y ago from Pitpass.com

Mercedes already switching attention to next season

Mercedes have been a cut above the rest of the field this season and it...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Mercedes: Ferrari have lost straight-line advantage

Mercedes technical director James Allison says Ferrari no longer have the...
5y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati using 2024 chassis and aero ‘a real...

Ducati has revealed that there is 'a real possibility' of the team using...

Jonathan Rea to miss WorldSBK season opener at Phillip...

Jonathan Rea has been ruled out of the WorldSBK season opener at Phillip...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Team Penske quickest in final IndyCar test day

The NTT IndyCar Series held its second and final preseason open test day...

Pit lane speed adjustments made for 2025 IndyCar season

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a few changes for the upcoming 2025...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O’Ward fastest in first day of IndyCar...

The entire NTT IndyCar Series paddock set up shop in Sebring, Florida on...

ECR shares new look for 2025 IndyCar campaign

Ed Carpenter Racing has unveiled a drastically different set of liveries...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Rally Sweden by a whisker

Super Sunday on Rally Sweden was just that! After 300km of hard racing,...

Elfyn Evans under pressure on Rally Sweden –...

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin maintained their lead on Rally Sweden after...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal's Takehiro Tomiyasu confirms worst-case injury...

Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu confirms that he has undergone surgery...
8h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Ethan Nwaneri receives England call-up verdict as...

England boss Thomas Tuchel 'must be tempted' to call up Arsenal wonderkid...
10h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.