'Problems at Mercedes and Aston Martin have nothing to do with low rake'
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After the winter test in Bahrain many people pointed out the team's low rake when it came to Aston Martin and Mercedes' problems. Would they have been affected more by the new regulations? Craig Scarborough doesn't think so.
Mercedes and Aston Martin had a poor test in Bahrain. They didn't get on the track as much as the other teams, and once on the track, the cars didn't seem controllable either. Whilst teams with a high-rake like McLaren, AlphaTauri and Red Bull Racing did well, they struggled and a link between the low-rake and bad performance was quickly made.
Nothing to do with high-rake
However, according to tech expert, Craig Scarborough, this is not justified. ''They point to the first thing they see. Before testing, everyone said that it was precisely the high-rake teams that would be hit the most, but then I also said that wasn't the case. Some parts of the regulations hit the high-rake team and some parts hit the low-rake teams,'' Scarborough said in a video by Peter Windsor.
According to the tech expert, the problems at Mercedes and Aston Martin are not caused by rake. ''Aston Martin has its own problems and lost a lot of time at the beginning of the test. As did Mercedes. Mercedes say they know what their aerodynamic problem is, so you can't simply stick this on the rake. In the past we have had such a discussion when one team was faster than the other, but aerodynamics is more complicated than that'', Scarborough concluded.