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Originally Posted by Car-Addicted
— The team has been working on optimizing energy accumulation in slower sections, potentially using lower gears to maintain high rotation speeds. This strategy is part of Ferrari's effort to maximize the SF-26's capabilities without directly competing with Mercedes' strengths.
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This is not so much a new strategy, but an outcome of Ferrari choosing the smallest turbo on the grid. All season they will be at a harvesting disadvantage compared to big turbo PU's.
Ferrari cannot harvest like Merc. Ferrari will always be more at risk of super-clipping compared to Merc. Especially late on straights. This is why they have to maximize harvesting in slower sections, but there is a limit to that...where they start losing out on lap time.
They traded speed over a race distance for demon starts. Starts don't mean anything when Merc just flies by 5 laps later. My opinion they chose the wrong PU strategy. They will have a larger turbo next year.
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Originally Posted by Car-Addicted
La Gazzetta Ferrari @GazzettaFerrari
🚨 | BREAKING!
It wasn’t a failure but a trick involving Mercedes’ bi-phase wing, clearly providing interesting advantages.
Ferrari has explicitly requested clarification from the FIA regarding the mechanism.
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Merc wing already passed static testing. The supposed system seems to only work under dynamic loads. Could end up being a flexi-wing situation all over again.. They passed static tests, but during racing they flex like wet noodles.
Ferrari wants clarification, because they want to copy it.