Charles Leclerc reveals Ferrari discussions over McLaren’s “controversial” wing

Ferrari have discussed McLaren's "controversial" rear wing internally, Charles Lꦺeclerc says.

Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc says Ferrari have discussed the “controversial” rear wing of F1 rival McLaren internally.

Ahead of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, F1’s governing💦 body the FIA confirmed they are “reviewing data and any additional evidence” that emerged over the Baku weekend of McLaren’s rear win🌜g.

Television footage from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix appeared to show a paꦅrt of McLaren’s rear wing flexing upwards on the straights, proꦯmpting fresh scrutiny amid an ongoing flexi-wing row.

"Yes, [there is] d🦩efinitely a dialogue that we've already had," Leclerc told media including Motorsport in Singapore.

"I mean, I think Fred [Vasseur, Ferrari team principal] will go on that matter a bit more into detail, but from what I've been told, it's conဣtroversial to say the least. So, yeah. I'll leave that here and I'll let Fred comment on it a bit further.”

Leclerc finished second behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri in Baku and admitted he was surprised by the strength of McLaren’s straightline s📖pee♔d during the race.

"I mean it was a good move," the Monegasque said of Piastri’s race-winning overtake. "However, as I said when I saw him going on the i𝓡nside, I knew he was there. I knew it was an opportunity for h🃏im to get past, but I was not more worried than that.

"I knew that he could take the lead, but I also knew that I was at the beginning of the warm-up of the tyres, and I didn't wanཧt to push on them, so I didn't want to start going stupid in terms of how defensive I would getಞ.

"However, I was wrong because obviously his straightline speed was really, really strong and after that I n❀ever had the opportunity to pass again.

"I don't think on the attacks there was anything better I coul🌼d have done. I could have done a better job defending. However, again, I didn't know how quick they were on the straights after that.”

Speaking in Thursday’s FIA press conference, Piastri insisted꧒ McLa🃏ren’s rear wing is “legal”.

"As long as it passes all the tests - and we get tested a lot, it passes, so it is certainly not the magic ticket or magic bullet for why we're competitive,” he said. "It is legal, it passes all the tests, so I 🦩am pretty happy with it.”

Teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris, meanwhile,💮 said he is “proud” of McLaren’s dubbed ‘mini DRS’ tric👍k.

“Everything's been tested, everything's legal,” he expla🐻ined. We’re doing what we can, that's what Formula 1 is for – exploring everything within the rules. We've cleared all the tests and everything and FIA are happy.

“So now I'm proud, I'm happy with what the team are doing – they're pushing the limits and that's what 🙈you've got to do if you want to fight at the top and fight against people who are also known for doing such things and exploring every area possible.

“Now I'm more proud of the team for pushing every single area that we can. We've not been in situations where we coul﷽d do that in the past but now we're in that position 🐈so I'm very happy.

“It's actually a cool thing t🎃o see, I think, in my opinion.”

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