Bojan Vrbnjak
O Mercedes system THE (Dual Axis Steering) has been said a lot. Also Sebastian Vettel and his team Ferrari they looked at footage of this miraculous steering wheel silver arrows. "We saw this in the morning and talked about it at lunch. Luckily we have Onboard cameras here, otherwise we probably wouldn't have seen it at all," so Hag. "It is called a steering wheel and not a traction or push wheel,”He joked Hag and adds: "It's like on a plane."The German does not doubt the legality of this system. “I am sure that Mercedes agreed and explained this with the FIA ombudsmen if they have undertaken the development of this system and are now using it as well."
To his eternal rival Lewis Hamilton however, he is not primarily envious. “This may seem very simple, but it is not. Imagine running your whole life with slippers and then suddenly having to put on flip-flops. Otherwise, this also goes, but this is a change. The case is extreme, but it’s about having to get used to it. I imagine it’s a ridiculous feeling like I suddenly have a steering wheel in my hand." Hag nor does it question the security of the system THE. “Years ago, we also had an F-Duct, where we drove half a lap with one hand. Was it safe? No, but we were faster. And then you do it. So we have the FIO, which then takes action."
The exact mode of operation as well Ferrari he could not decipher. “There are some theories, but nothing solid," so Hag. In Maranello however, analyzes are already under way: "I’m sure he knew a big part of the factory in understanding that. And then we have to ask ourselves if it makes sense and how long it would take us to make it for ourselves as well."
FIRST DAY IN SF1000
He was still sitting in the car in the morning Charles Leclerc, and the helm in the afternoon SF1000 took over for the first time as well Sebastian Vettel. Best lap time 1: 18.154 minutes achieved on the tires of the mixture C4 and took sixth place, and his first test day took place without any noteworthy incidents. But as we already know, it is Ferrari this year it no longer looks at the timeline. “Last year’s test is still in our heads now. The first week was very good, the second week it just confirmed it and then we experienced the reality in Australia," so Hag, who expressed cautious optimism yesterday.
The main task of the engineers was to give the race car SF1000 enable more vacuum as its predecessor had SF90. "We definitely have more vacuum than last year,”Is a colleague from Motorsport-Magazine.com confirmed Hag and quickly calmed the ball: “But if that’s enough, we’ll see.“How expensive it was bought additional vacuum, The German could not tell.
Lower final speed he did not want to mention it as an indicator of greater resistance. “It depends on a lot of things. Even with the engine, it is not true that you show maximum performance here. We want to accumulate miles first.”But the vacuum saved last year’s problems? “It’s better in some places and similar in some. We need to see how the car will react to different settings. But we had a clear plan of what we wanted to do with the race car and as it turns out, it works as well."
