Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur has blasted Formula 1’s flexi-wing saga as “a joke” and has warned it will lead to significantly increased costs.
Ferrari has admitted it is one of the Formula 1 teams that has been exploiting flexible rear wings during this season, ahead of the FIA’s clampdown at the French Grand Prix next month.
Charles Leclerc says that Ferrari’s impressive practice pace is too good to believe and expects Mercedes and Red Bull to hit back in qualifying at Formula 1’s 2021 Monaco Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton admits he was surprised to see Ferrari top the timesheets during second Formula 1 practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, but the seven-time world champion is relishing the extra competition.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has sided with McLaren’s standpoint over Formula 1’s flexi-wing debate, arguing that the FIA’s delayed clampdown leaves teams in “no mans land”.
Charles Leclerc headed a surprise Ferrari 1-2 as he and teammate Carlos Sainz hit the front in second practice for the 2021 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.