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TECH TUESDAY: The key part on the SF-23 that helped Ferrari beat Red Bull to pole in Mexico
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Mark Hughes and Giorgio PiolaA key part of Ferrari locking out the front row in Mexico, ahead of Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, was how well the team was able to equalise the tyre temperatures between the front and rear axles on the out-lap. F1 tech expert Mark Hughes explains all…
That particular challenge is always extreme in the high altitudes of Mexico City, but is also notably difficult at Baku, Monaco and Singapore, three circuits at which the Ferrari has qualified extremely well (pole at Baku and Singapore, within 0.1s of pole at Monaco).
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