red bull is the main favorite to win the Bahrain. His performance in the tests was excellent, with an evolution of the champion car that scared him because of his good performance in a lap, the speed of the race and his good tire management. Specialists put the Milton Keynes clearly ahead Ferrari in the second position, with more setbacks, with the main concern being wear and tear and the need to continue finding a point for his new SF23. However, at Ferrari there seems to be no trace of fear. Or that’s what the new leader of ‘Scuderia del Cavallino Rampante’, Frédéric Vasseur. The Frenchman assured that they are not worried about the times or pace of others, and he is confident in the work program carried out by the team.
“Three intense days of work for everyone in the team. We looked at a number of elements in the car and checked a lot of boxes in our program, without worrying about lap times or what others were doing, just focusing on ourselves,” commented the Team Principal.
“The main goal is to get as much mileage as possible and we did, but it’s also true that you always want to do more and have more time. But it’s the same for everyone. Every time that we put everything together, the performance seems to be there, but obviously we are still in the process of getting to know the car, so it is too early to say anything,” he commented, clarifying that Ferrari has. to analyze the data collected to get the most out of his car, with room for improvement, but he also wants to highlight that the mood in the Maranello team has not changed: “The mood in the team is perfect and we are in good condition to start this long season.”
How much did the Ferrari hide?
In tests, all teams keep their cards. The question lies in knowing the level of ‘theatre’ of each group. The Italian press has highlighted these days the further degradation of Ferrari and many believe that the Italians will not be able to compete with energy drinks in the first round of the year. Although that’s not to say that Ferrari won’t wake up after a few races have passed, because we shouldn’t forget that Red Bull will have less wind tunnel and simulator time this year to develop its car.
In this field, this Tuesday, in ‘la Gazzetta dello Sport’, the question arose about whether the Italians hide more than in other pre-seasons.
A change in team management leadership may also come with a change in the way the test is handled, which seems to have become clear these days. Nothing can be shown more than it should be. The most important thing is to collect data and in this sense, from Italy it is ensured that the program started with an analysis of the settings and separate elements, followed by a program for each driver where the loads of Ferrari fuel is always higher than. 35/40 kilos, rolling with constant fuel load to better compare data. In that sense, the ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’ assures that in any case he did not lose 20 kg.
At this point, Carlos Sainz He was pleased with the amount of data collected and the many tests he was able to do with his Ferrari, especially being able to test different settings on the car in the two mornings he drove, when the temperature was more consistent, to be able to take ownership of it from the start. car and able to reach the highest level on the first date, as adapted as possible.
For his part, at leclerc He didn’t seem too happy, with work still to do on the car, but he also lifted many of the tests that the red team had done.
“The first day was to run large scans and try to understand how well our data matched what we predicted back at the factory. What we learned is that there is a good correlation”, pointed out the Monegasque, showing that the correlation between of wind tunnel and simulation data and the track data is good, something that is always very important for a team to be able to shortcut and bring new pieces to the track with more confidence.
“We focused a lot on set-up work this week and we made good steps forward. I also tried different driving styles to see which one suits me best in this new car. We’ll be back next week for the opening race of the season and it will be interesting to see where all the teams stand in relation to their closest competitors,” added Leclerc.
Source: La Verdad
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