As is customary in and of itself, the FIA issued technical directions (TD) in the week preceding the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix to clarify some technical requirements. Autosport has discovered that these were refinements of the rules' definitions and their intended uses rather than genuine modifications to the regulations. The materials utilized surrounding the skid blocks and their attachment are the subject of the first clarification. Teams seek to reduce the ride height as much as possible with the current ground-effect vehicles, but the floor cannot be too worn since they still need to pass the FIA's technical inspection, which is measured at the skid block locations.
The FIA has underlined which techniques are prohibited in response to inquiries from another team regarding equipment and procedures for keeping the tires as cold as feasible.
Did it have an effect
In relation to the latter, Red Bull has recently brought McLaren to light. "If you look at what McLaren is doing with the rear tyres, then we're all doing something wrong," Max Verstappen told Dutch reporters at the Miami Grand Prix. We were sort of more surprised about McLaren's lack of performance, Christian Horner said in his post-race media conference after McLaren lost the race at Imola. Pierre Wache, the technical director, told Autosport and other media that McLaren wasn't as powerful as he expected and that Red Bull's upgrade step wasn't as big as it appeared.
However, McLaren quickly clarified that nothing had changed on their end. I hope that in the future there will be more of these kinds of sagas because it means that our rivals keep focusing on the wrong things, and this is just good news for us, team principal Andrea Stella stated during Friday's press conference, indicating that rivals are focusing on the wrong things. It aids in our search.
Other paddock voices concur with the team's assertion that nothing has changed in relation to the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. An FIA document from Thursday in Imola revealed that Oscar Piastri's MCL39 was in order when it was inspected by the FIA following the Miami Grand Prix.
Are Red Bull's success tracks different from others Would Barcelona be interesting
After winning the race, Verstappen was equally careful about making broad generalizations. The Dutchman thinks that the track layout had a major role in Red Bull's success at Imola. According to the world champion, "I think it's very track specific," "I mean, it's always been high-speed circuits and high-speed corners when we've been extremely competitive. We brought enhancements, of course. Monaco is obviously different, yet I believe they were successful. Let's see how we do there, since it hasn't been our best track with the car we now own. Verstappen has also been competitive in Suzuka and Jeddah, two tracks with a lot of fast turns, so that matches the trend of the season thus far. As was evident in Bahrain and Miami, Red Bull had greater issues on tracks with slow-speed turns.
Although Monaco is unusual and does not portend future developments, the Spanish Grand Prix will be an intriguing test, particularly given the FIA's increased restrictions on flexi wings, particularly the front wings.
