In the round-up: A technical directive set to address porpoising may not require any adaptations on Red Bull’s car, according to Christian Horner.
In brief
Red Bull may not need to make changes for porpoising directive
A new FIA technical directive which will come into force from the Belgian Grand Prix will prevent teams using trick skid blocks on their cars, according to Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff.
However his opposite number at Red Bull, Christian Horner, indicated they will not be affected by this clarification of the rules. “From what I’m told, I’m not even sure whether we need to make any adaptation,” he said after Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.
The technical directive was originally due to come into force in the next round at Paul Ricard.
Binotto could not watch final laps of Austrian Grand Prix
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto was so concerned about reliability of Charles Leclerc’s car during the final laps of the Austrian Grand Prix, that he could not watch.
The team’s other car, driven by Carlos Sainz Jnr, had already dropped out with a power unit failure when race leader Leclerc began to experience problems with his throttle.
“I have to admit, I was very nervous, disappointed as well for what happened to Carlos,” Binotto told media including RaceFans. “So nervous that I stopped watching the race in the last few laps.”
Feature race winner Sargeant came from last after wrong tyre call
Formula 2’s Austrian feature race started in mixed conditions, with drivers having to pick between slick and extreme wet tyres, without the option of intermediates.
Logan Sargeant, who started third and finishing there before being promoted to victory, made the call for full wets and instantly regretted it.
“I sort of had a I had a hunch that I thought the slicks would be better,” he admitted. “But it’s difficult when you’re starting third. Everyone around you is on wets. If you make that call to go to slicks, you could you could ruin the race for you and the whole team.
“So we stuck with it. It obviously didn’t go my way, I did get mad when I was pretty much in last but just a phenomenal stop by the crew and then it was coming through like a train for the first half of my stint.”
Sargeant realised he was on the wrong tyre from the formation lap. “I knew it was pretty much a given that we were we were going to be in reverse and I was optimistic that maybe we could hold on till the pit window. The safety car, I believe, as…
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