Ferrari to upgrade rear wing and diffuser in Ferrari150° Italia for the Canadian GP – Formula 1 news
Ferrari technical director Pat Fry has confirmed that Ferrari’s 2011 car will feature a new rear wing design and diffuser for the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix of the 2011 Formula 1 season.
Fry added that Ferrari’s new wing is going to boost the performance of the team and will close down the gap to the front running teams.
Ferrari’s Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso was only moments behind the Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel in the Monaco Grand Prix which indicates that the pace of Ferrari has improved.
Yet Ferrari were one step behind the Red Bull team and Fry thinks that the new upgrades will hopefully close down the gap.
He said, “Hopefully we are still closing the gap to those ahead of us, allowing for the fact that others are working too.”
He added, “There is always a steady stream of updates coming through and this time we will have a few changes to the diffuser and rear wing, which will bring a reasonable performance step if everything goes to plan.”
Fry added that the tyres are going to be the key in the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix. In the last two races of the 2011 Formula 1 season in Barcelona and Monaco, Ferrari were really strong because supersoft tyres were used on these tracks which really sat
well with Ferrari cars.
Also for the Canadian Grand Prix, Pirelli will supply supersoft tyres which will hopefully play well with the scarlet car.
The Ferrari’s duo has had some contrasting results in the last two encounters where the Spaniard was fighting the frontrunners and Felipe Massa was unable to even finish the race.
In Spain, Massa struggled on hard tyres and ended his race off track due to a mechanical problem. In the Monaco GP, the Brazilian crashed in the Tunnel and wasted one more opportunity in the Ferrari car.
Nevertheless, Ferrari are still the third team in the constructors’ championship with 93 points, with main contributions from the Spaniard.
The seventh Grand Prix of the season will be contested on June 12, 2011 in Montreal.
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