{"id":64304,"date":"2025-05-29T11:06:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/64304\/f1-wolff-bets-on-ferrari-cautious-approach-but-in-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:17:32","slug":"f1-wolff-bets-on-ferrari-cautious-approach-but-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/64304\/f1-wolff-bets-on-ferrari-cautious-approach-but-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"F1, Wolff Bets on Ferrari: &#8220;Cautious Approach, but in Barcelona&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Toto Wolff places his bet on Ferrari in Barcelona? According to the Mercedes Team Principal, the Scuderia could re-enter the fight with the introduction of their new front wings <\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Barcelona has finally arrived<\/strong> \u2014 a pivotal moment in the 2025 season, now at its ninth Grand Prix out of 24 (<a href=\"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/64026\/weather-and-schedule-for-the-spanish-gp-the-most-crucial-race-of-the-year\/\">see here for weather updates and event schedule<\/a>). McLaren remains the team to beat, having dominated the Constructors\u2019 Championship so far, with both Piastri and Norris leading the Drivers\u2019 Standings. However, clouds may be gathering on the horizon. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-275.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64198\" style=\"width:780px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-275.png 1350w, https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-275-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-275-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-275-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-275-1170x780.png 1170w, https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-275-585x390.png 585w, https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-275-263x175.png 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wolff hints at Ferrari? Here\u2019s what he said \u2014 featuring Carlos Sainz in the 2024 GP <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Red Bull has long believed that Andrea Stella\u2019s cars would suffer a performance drop starting from Montmel\u00f3, largely due to the new FIA directive mandating less flexible front wings. According to Milton Keynes, McLaren&#8217;s key strength lies in that wing flexibility. During the usual Team Principals\u2019 press conference yesterday, <strong>Toto Wolff weighed in \u2014 also mentioning Ferrari.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wolff\u2019s Statement: \u201cNew Front Wing for Us. As for Ferrari\u2026\u201d<\/h2>\n\n<p>Speaking at the press conference, Toto Wolff stated:<br\/>\u201c<em><em>We&#8217;re returning to the track this weekend in Barcelona<\/em>,<em> a circuit that rigorously tests the car with its blend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gpkingdom.gpk\/p\/DKMXGm0NYlf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low, medium, and high-speed corners<\/a>. It\u2019s a good opportunity to evaluate our recent updates and benchmark our performance against the competition as we enter the second third of the season<\/em><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-289.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64299\" style=\"width:780px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-289.png 680w, https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-289-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-289-585x391.png 585w, https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-289-263x175.png 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wolff on Ferrari: \u201c<em>They&#8217;ve been the most conservative with flexible wings<\/em>\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><em>&#8220;<em>\u201cIn terms of performance, we still have 16 races to go \u2014 the road is long. The team continues working hard to improve the car,<strong> and the front wing upgrade scheduled for this weekend<\/strong> will provide new points of analysis.\u201d <\/em>&#8220;. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>He then added on Ferrari: <i>\u201cIn my view, Ferrari has been <\/i><strong style=\"\">the most conservative when it comes to flexible wings.<\/strong> <em>I\u2019m not sure if this will shift the competitive balance on track, but it\u2019s something to keep an eye on in Barcelona \u2014 and it may well become a fresh topic of debate<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n<p>Photo: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 TEAM, Scuderia Ferrari HP<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toto Wolff places his bet on Ferrari in Barcelona? According to the Mercedes Team Principal, the Scuderia could re-enter the fight with the introduction of their new front wings Barcelona has finally arrived \u2014 a pivotal moment in the 2025 season, now at its ninth Grand Prix out of 24 (see here for weather updates &#8230; <a title=\"F1, Wolff Bets on Ferrari: &#8220;Cautious Approach, but in Barcelona&#8230;&#8221;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/64304\/f1-wolff-bets-on-ferrari-cautious-approach-but-in-barcelona\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about F1, Wolff Bets on Ferrari: &#8220;Cautious Approach, but in Barcelona&#8230;&#8221;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":64297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[2581,2388],"piloti":[2041,2005],"class_list":["post-64304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1-en","tag-mercedes-f1-en","tag-spanishgp-en","piloti-andrea-kimi-antonelli-en","piloti-george-russell-en"],"acf":{"live":false},"fimg_url":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-288.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64304"},{"taxonomy":"piloti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/piloti?post=64304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}