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Massa's old diffuser better than Alonso's new in Austin
By Editor on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 As was rumoured before F1 arrived in Austin last week, the latest developments for Fernando Alonso's title-contending Ferrari did not work.
New pieces, including a new diffuser, were tried in a straight line at the Idiada facility in Spain, prior to the US grand prix.
It was rumoured immediately afterwards that the real-world data did not match up with what was produced in the wind tunnel.
Still, the new diffuser was fitted to Spaniard Alonso's F2012 in Austin, before he was roundly out-performed by teammate Felipe Massa all weekend.
'Yes, indeed, Felipe Massa had the old diffuser and it worked better,' former Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari told...
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