Ferrari pace flattered by engine modes
Manama : Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said his team was relaxed about the large deficit because of the power modes his team understands Ferrari was using in FP2.
“They were in a pretty high power mode when they were on the lap, so it isn’t so worrying, but it is a good lap,” Wolff told Sky Sports F1.
“It’s quite amazing - we have GPS data, so you can follow the traces of every car.
“You can see that when you overlay the data, suddenly on the straights they gain much more time, and in the corners it’s still the same.
“You can see that in detail, so it’s become very transparent for the engineers how much somebody has turned up the power, and how much downforce, and how much drag everyone is running.”
There was much focus on Mercedes’ ‘party’ engine modes at the Australian Grand Prix in the wake of Lewis Hamilton’s dominant pole position lap in Q3, but Mercedes’ indications are that there is very little to choose between the performance of Mercedes and Ferrari.
Hamilton said in Bahrain on Thursday that Mercedes’ understands Ferrari has eliminated its power deficit this season.
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