Pole winner BrendonHartley has revealed that Toyota put a new focus on qualifying for the 6HPortimao after losing out to Ferrari in qualifying at the Sebring WEC season-opener. Here's what he said ⬇️
, explained that there was “a change in the overall balance of the car between final free practice and qualifying”.He said this particularly affected the car into the first corner and under heavy braking.
Hartley all but confirmed that Toyota had run the high temperature soft tyre, but it remains unclear which spec Ferrari qualified on. Vasselon explained that Toyota’s analysis showed that the 2.91-mile circuit has been losing grip since it was resurfaced shortly before the previous WEC round in June 2021.
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