Feb.20 Mere days into 2019 winter testing, it appears that Ferrari has a clear advantage. With Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc smilingly topping the times, the most obvious difference between their red car and the others is the front wing. Toto Wolff, the Mercedes boss, admits that visibly, the wing produces less downforce. "Somehow they must be compensating for that. The question is how," he told Germany's Auto Bild. An even more extreme version of the Ferrari wing can be seen on the Alfa Romeo, a team closely aligned with the Maranello marque. "The concept looks wrong, but we'll have to try it out in the wind tunnel," one engineer said. But Wolff said it would...
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