Sauber removed the F-duct from its C29 for Monaco for safety reasons, the Swiss team’s boss has revealed.<\/p>\n
Ferrari also decided not to run the downforce-spoiling concept in the Principality, but the Italian team argued that the device simply was not effective on the twisty streets.<\/p>\n
But Peter Sauber said his team’s decision was for a different reason.<\/p>\n
“I wanted my drivers to have both their hands on the steering wheel through the tunnel,” he is quoted by Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport.<\/p>\n
“Ever since Karl Wendlinger had his accident there in 1994, I have respect for this place,” added Sauber.<\/p>\n
Like Ferrari, Sauber’s system involves blocking an air inlet with the drivers’ hand.<\/p>\n
The McLaren system is activated by the knee, but Lewis Hamilton acknowledged that the time advantage was just a few hundredths per lap in Monaco.<\/p>\n
Ferrari’s system will be back on the F10 car in Turkey in two weeks.<\/p>\n
“Our system did not work as desired in Barcelona,” confirmed team boss Stefano Domenicali.\u00a0 “We are still fine-tuning it.”<\/p>\n
The red cars were very fast in a straight line in Spain, but the system was also shedding downforce in the corners “when the system was not being activated”, the Italian admitted.<\/p>\n
Red Bull will also begin experimenting with the concept in Turkey.<\/p>\n
“We are doing the research and for sure at the next couple of races we will have a look at it, but we will only introduce it when it earns a place on the car,” Christian Horner told F1’s official website.<\/p>\n
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