Scuderia Ferrari Spanish driver Carlos Sainz will start the French Grand Prix from fifth on the grid, when the race starts at 15 CET at Le Castellet today. In the other SF21, Charles Leclerc will be right behind him in seventh place. Mediums for the start. Both drivers made the cut to Q3 on the Medium tyre and will thus be able to start the race on it, in common will all the others in the top ten.
A different rear wing configuration was used by Scuderia Ferrari for the French weekend on the SF21 cars. In this area the endplate manages the vortices generated by the aerodynamic profile itself. By decreasing the usable surface, the upwash effect decreases and the load generated by the wing improves. This operation makes it possible to use a lower incidence of the main plane which in turn increases efficiency without losing the vertical thrust produced. Therefore, the Maranello technicians have decided to resize the lower part of the endplate, aware of maintaining the same load and at the same time improving the coefficient of aero penetration useful for increasing speed on the straight.
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