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LUSAIL, Qatar — Toto Wolff states Red Bull is viewing “ghosts” right after rival group principal Christian Horner claimed “score” marks on the rear wing of the Mercedes have been linked to flexing bodywork.
On Friday, Pink Bull circulated photographs to Tv set broadcasters of alleged scuff marks on the rear wing endplate underneath the key basic of the Mercedes’ rear wing.
In a number of interviews, Horner has claimed the evident marks are indicative of the primary section of the wing flexing below aerodynamic load, therefore lowering drag and raising top speed on the straights.
Even though some flexing of bodywork is inevitable on an F1 automobile, moveable aerodynamic gadgets are outlawed underneath the laws and there have been several strategies from Red Bull that Mercedes may possibly be gaining an unlawful edge.
But Wolff dismissed the photographs of the “rating” marks.
“I won’t be able to see something on this image other than things remaining scratched — a ghost,” Wolff mentioned. “I you should not know exactly where they received this picture from and what it demonstrates. It truly is a ghost.”
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Stricter rear wing load tests are owing to be launched by the FIA in excess of the Qatar Grand Prix race weekend, but Wolff mentioned they ended up basically a demo for 2022 and was self-confident the Mercedes would move them no matter.
“I think they are striving a new load check, also for upcoming yr, to have these issues far more robust and checking how considerably a wing deflects,” Wolff explained. “I feel it is not in the laws or a TD but more of an experiment.
“But it will be fascinating to see the benefits, simply because I think we are on the superior aspect. But I am pre-empting because I you should not know what the results are or when they want to do it. We will need to locate out with the garage.”
Mercedes and Crimson Bull are engaged in a restricted title battle, with Lewis Hamilton 14 details powering Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen in the drivers’ standings.
Requested if he predicted Pink Bull to protest Mercedes at a person of the closing a few races of 2021, Wolff included: “I really don’t know what they are organizing to do, but as I mentioned, I cannot preserve up [with the accusations]. I cannot observe their thinking.
“It appears to be erratic. But that is Ok due to the fact I do not want to set any extra oil in the flames.
“We are trying to glimpse at ourselves and do the best doable task. We are nevertheless on the back foot with 14 factors [in the drivers’ championship] and we have to have to do a fantastic race tomorrow. That’s what counts.”
