F1 team principals divided over major Spanish GP rule change

New FIA rules are coming into force for the Spanish Grand Prix, as the front-wings are set to be met with stricter tests to control flexing. Flexi-wings have once again reared their head in F1 over the last year, with the FIA stepping in to make changes to the rear-wing tests earlier this season, but for the front-wings, teams were given until Round 9 in Barcelona to comply.  The reception to what the impact will be has been mixed, with six F1 team bosses asked for their thoughts after the Monaco GP.  Below, read what Andrea Stella, Fred Vasseur, Christian Horner, Toto Wolff, Andy Cowell, and Jonathan Wheatley make of the changes!

Andrea Stella - McLaren

"I should have come more prepared after I created this story of apples, pears and peaches, because Monaco was a peach.  "I am very interested to see where Ferrari will be at a circuit like Barcelona, I think we have ahead of us some circuits, like Silverstone, which will be more of a category like Saudi Arabia or Imola, and expect Red Bull to be very strong.  "With low-speed stuff, I expect McLaren to be strong in Canada, and Barcelona is a bit in the middle, and considering how fast the Ferrari was in Turns 3,4, and 12, I think they will be fast in Barcelona."

Fred Vasseur - Ferrari

"Barcelona is on the calendar of every team with the new regulations for the front wings. "We have been working on it for ages, and it can be a game-changer because we don't know the impact on every single team of the new regulations.  "We will stick to it and be focused on having a better exploitation."

Christian Horner - Red Bull

"What we don't know is how it will affect [other areas of the car]. "It is a significant change, so there will be some effect, but of course, the teams have anticipated that, so it may well be neutral or maybe it will have some effect on degradation. "It certainly doesn't make life easier."

Toto Wolff - Mercedes

"What we have seen is that Ferrari was probably the most conservative of flexi-wings. "What it is going to do to the pecking order is something I'm not sure it will [change], but it is another angle of curiosity."

Andy Cowell - Aston Martin

"We've made some front wing modifications, and we'll go into Friday and learn and see.  "Then we might put our heads up and see what impact it's had on others as well."

Jonathan Wheatley - Stake

"I think we, as a sport, we've been talking around it for a long time. Last year, and certainly at the beginning of this year, some teams have been getting a really big advantage from it.  "All the teams are very, very clever. They'll be trying to mitigate that loss of advantage as much as they can. "It's an aero circuit, isn't it, Barcelona? I think we'll know pretty soon after qualifying."