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Wolff: Ferrari's extra R&D time worth ‘couple of tenths'

The extra time that Ferrari were permitted in the wind tunnel while designing their 2022 car could be worth a 'couple of tenths' on the track. That's according to Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff. Finishing the 2020 championship down in sixth place in the Constructors' standings was a major blow to Ferrari but it did have one up side, more R&D time. As of last season the teams had to operate under an R&D sliding scale designed to handicap the best-placed teams in the standings. The team that finished first in 2020, Mercedes, was allowed 90% of the quota with the scale increasing by 2.5% for each position down the order, P10 receiving 115% of the allowance. Wolff reckons between Mercedes...
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