{"id":12204,"date":"2011-05-08T07:20:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T11:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=12204"},"modified":"2011-05-08T07:20:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T11:20:29","slug":"mercedes-using-flexible-wing-in-turkey-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/mercedes-using-flexible-wing-in-turkey-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes using flexible wing in Turkey – report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The secret of Mercedes’ speed in Turkey is a Red Bull-style flexible front wing, according to one authoritative publication.<\/p>\n

Team boss Ross Brawn said he was surprised with Nico Rosberg’s top-three qualifying speed on Saturday “Because we haven’t made any dramatic changes to the car” since China.<\/p>\n

But the correspondent for Italian newspaper La Stampa, Stefano Mancini, claimed in Turkey that Mercedes has stepped up “thanks to a wing that flexes like Red Bull’s.”<\/p>\n

He also confirmed reports that Ferrari is yet to introduce a similarly flexing wing, that is said to deliver half a second per lap aboard the dominant RB7.<\/p>\n

Fernando Alonso said he is happy Ferrari took a step forward at Istanbul.<\/p>\n

“We have improved, that’s for sure, but we need another second,” said the Spaniard.<\/p>\n

Also disappointed in Turkey is McLaren, with the MP4-26s split by the improving Alonso and both outpaced by Rosberg’s Mercedes.<\/p>\n

“We just have to keep pushing as hard as we can.\u00a0 I don’t like to use the word frustrating, it’s just life,” said Shanghai winner Lewis Hamilton, fourth on Sunday’s grid.<\/p>\n

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