Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff has joked that he is considering removing the rear wing to improve the W13’s performance at the Italian Grand Prix.
Despite winning 15 of its last 16 titles, the Mercedes F1 team is still struggling with a number of problems in 2022, from porpoise to lack of straight-line speed.
Known as the ‘Temple of Speed’, Monza is one of the fastest places on the F1 calendar. Lewis Hamilton has set his F1 fastest lap in qualifying for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix of 164.267mph.
To match this, Toto Wolff came up with an extreme solution.
“We’re thinking regarding removing the rear wing entirely to make it less vulnerable on the straights,” Wolff told the media.
“So the car has barndoors[big targets]with too much drag and downforce where it’s not really needed.”
“That’s something we hope to change soon.”
“It’s for next year and we’re learning the hard way right now.”
“And I believe that at some tracks, especially in qualifying, it hurts us.”
“As we saw at Spa, there weren’t too many differences on the straights, so the race looks better.”
Category: F1 / mercedes / F1 Italian Grand Prix
