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Vettel not a fan of really ugly new front wings

Vettel not a fan of "really ugly" new front wings

19-02-2019 12:43
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Nicolás Quarles van Ufford

It's safe to say Ferrari star Sebastian Vettel is not a big fan of the look of the new, wide front wings, as the four-time champion called them "really ugly" when asked what he thinks of them.

Vettel topped the charts by quite some distance at the first day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, as the 31-year-old was half a second faster than any other driver and a full second faster than anyone who was on the same compound as him, the C3. On top of that, he also ran more distance than any other driver, logging 169 laps in the SF90.

Read: Vettel: Ferrari "close to perfection" already

When it came to the new wings, though, he wasn't as enthusiastic.

“The front wing I think looks really ugly,” he told RaceFans.  

“I don’t understand why it is so wide.

“I think years ago we went back because we said it’s actually bad for racing. Now we bring back wide, so maybe we forgot to take notes. I think if you look at the rest of the car it’s beautiful, the front wing for all the teams it looks a bit weird."

He did mention, though, that it wasn't all bad, as he explained the feel in the car isn't dramatically different.

“It drives better than that it looks, to be honest. You don’t you don’t feel a big difference. I think for everyone you know the question is how much you lost compared to last year. I think we are still catching up but it looks pretty good at this point.”