Peter Windsor feels ‘stiffer floor has more effect on Ferrari than Red Bull’

Formula 1 journalist and expert Peter Windsor points out a clear difference between Scuderia Ferrari and Red Bull Racing: he believes that the stiffer floors work better for Max Verstappen’s team and feels the Duthcman is now the clear favourite to win the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship:

“Max was very good in defence as we’ve seen already this year, and managed to pull away as the two Ferrari drivers got involved in a little bit of a fracker between the two, which cost them a bit of time, possibly overheating the tyres”, Peter Windsor explains in his analysis of the sprint event at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.

The Formula 1 highlights a major difference between the Maranello team and Red Bull. Max Verstappen focused on long runs with the mediums during the second free practice session in Spielberg, while the Italian side only used the soft tyres during their long runs in FP2. On Friday, Ferrari were not doing long runs either but instead focused on taking pole position. As a result, the Dutchman was better prepared for the sprint event, which he completed on mediums.

Peter Windsor feels the stiffer floors might be more detrimental to Ferrari. “Beyond that, you’ve got to assume that the Ferrari perhaps took a little bit more time to get into a sweet spot with the floors being a little bit stiffer now, and the FIA scrutiny is looking a little bit more in that area”, he continues.

“It seems to have effected Ferrari more than Red Bull, who just had the most perfect race car as it hit the road. Verstappen didn’t even go out for the first twenty minutes of FP1, and there he was brilliantly quick on the soft tyre on one lap. Verstappen is looking like the world champion, isn’t he?”

Here is his full analysis after the Sprint Race in Austria: