Salt and Pepper, Black and White, Senna and Prost. Just like these famous pairings, you can’t have Ferrari and Monza without the other. The Tifosi are an expectant bunch though, and Ferrari are just not delivering at the moment.
The Italian GP offers the perfect place for an upturn in fortunes, so Ferrari have altered their front wing in an attempt to be closer in performance to the dominant Mercedes and the resurgent Red Bull teams.
The aim of the game at Monza is to reduce drag and the Italian giants have, after testing the wing at Spa, removed the cascade from the front wing endplates. This has been replaced by two vertical strakes on the lower tier, which are used to aid the airflow around the front tyre, just as the original cascade would’ve done.
Removing the cascade reduces the downforce available to the F14T but, at a track with average speeds of around 240kph, this isn’t the main requirement at Monza – pure speed is.
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