A revised clutch to be used at the FrenchGP should improve the starts of the Ferraris and its customer teams Alfa Romeo and Haas. F1
spokesperson told Motorsport.com said that the clutch was not new as such, but featured"just a technical detail we've updated".However,"We identified an issue on our car this year that is not allowing us to perform the starts that we were doing last year," said the Spaniard."And probably it's affecting our fellow engine team mates.
In addition, Bottas admitted that took him some time to adjust to the Swiss team's clutch paddle arrangement, having made the switch from"We have a new clutch here, finally!," said Bottas."We will try it in practice for the first time, but it's something that Ferrari has been working on for quite some time."And now finally, we have some new bits for the clutch that should prevent the oscillations we're having.
"On tracks with more grip it has been less of an issue, because you can go a bit deeper with the clutch. There's less oscillations for some reason.
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