Renault Boss, Eric Boullier has announced that, although his team are looking to develop their rear wing structure, they are not looking to copy the F-duct design that McLaren’s MP4-25 boasts.
The Anglo-French team have been hot on the development front this season having introduced upgrades to their car in every race so far this season and although Boullier has suggested that they are looking at their rear wing structure, a McLaren style F-duct is not the direction they are looking at.
“We are looking at the idea, but that is because we are looking at many, many different ideas and many things. But we will not copy McLaren,” Boullier told Autosport.
“We will not do a copy as that will be a waste of time, but we are looking something with a similar concept – like a blown wing.”
Sauber were the first team to copy the Woking-based squad and although their car had some gain in Friday free practice in Shanghai, they removed the duct after it struggled to have any impact in qualifying – they ran the rest of the weekend with their original wing design.
Both Mercedes GP and Williams are expected to debut a similar design to McLaren in Barcelona in three weeks.
