Ferrari will continue unchanged in the fifth race of the season in Miami. The red car has been competitive from the start, a winning car from day one, and also very reliable. Mattia Binotto hasn’t stopped repeating since the preseason that her goal in early races was to understand the single-seater to maximize its performance before bringing updates to the track, and among those roles was reduction to the maximum of rebound (porpoising) that vehicles in this new era suffer directly from the sudden loss of impact on the ground. While their rivals from Red Bull have already shown significant improvement in the fourth round, last weekend in Imola, the Italians will go on without acting on that aspect in the appointment to America.
“No. We’re not going to have a big evolution, but we’re going to have some new parts in the car because Miami is a high-speed circuit and in terms of downforce it’s a bit different because it requires less aerodynamic grip.”Mattia Binotto confirmed at the team’s virtual press conference after Emilia Romagna GP, where Mundo Deportivo is located. According to him Ferrari Principal Teamthe set of Maranello it will only bring ‘new’ aerodynamic updates adapted to track characteristics. And above all, Binotto He stressed that the team will continue to focus on reducing the ‘porpoising’ they continue to experience at high speeds, which is greater than what their rivals at Red Bull have experienced. At first glance, Leclerc and Sainz’s helmets seem to bounce more and reduce the vehicle’s performance. Ferrari knows it can still polish that aspect while waiting for its first big update.
“We will fix our vehicle in terms of the circuit and downforce level We will continue to work to avoid porpoising, which is still visible, certainly more than what Red Bull is experiencing, and there is still performance potential there that we need to try to achieve. Evolutions will come soon after ”explanation by engineer of Swiss origin.
Red Bull took a step back then
After the dominance you have shown ferrari sa AustraliaRed Bull showed significant improvements in Imola. Sa melbourne they had excessive tire wear, they suffered new faults and reliability in the Red Bull car’s fuel system, and Red Bull also featured their weight deficit of 10 kilograms with respect to the minimum weight established by regulation . Helmut Markoadvisor of red bullpreviously warned Imola that they have solved their problems and that they will introduce new components aimed at reducing weight. With the idea that 10 kilos in current F1 cars could mean 3 tenths on a track like Barcelona (it varies depending on the track), Milton Keynes riders know they have a lot of potential to find on that way. And they went for it.
Red Bull brought Imola a new wing to the front ground area and other improvements were weight -related. It is assumed that those from Milton Keynes have lost approximately 3 kilos in their improvements in Italy and that they want to continue their development in Barcelona, after the event in Miami, to have a car that as heavy as the Ferrari, which is currently quite heavy.light.
It seems no coincidence that Red Bull came out of Imola with a one-two finish after showing better racing speed and not only reliability, but also more cared for the tires than Ferraro. The opposite happened two weeks before. Binotto believes it was due to the lack of time they needed to find the right set up for their vehicle with this different weekend format and wet FP1. But it seems only coincidental that Red Bull’s improvement took place over the weekend that marked its evolution. In addition, no matter what, energy drinks have found a better ‘set up’ by premiering new components.
For this reason, Christian Horner, after Red Bull’s double at Imola, not only wanted to highlight the great driving of Verstappen and Pérez and the team’s work at the quick pit stop, he also wanted to highlighting the work done by the Milton Keynes factory for bringing new objects to Imola on time, referring to them as “keys” to the final result. “We had a bit of a risk at the start of the weekend with some new small parts we were putting in the car, which was always confusing when you only had one FP session (just one before qualifying Friday).
“But both Max and Checo were driving well this weekend and that one-two gives full credit to the team for the superb pit stop and strategy, but also to the factory in Milton Keynes: the hard work, the hard work. and recovery after failure in Australia ”, commented the Red Bull Team Principal.
Ferrari can’t sleep in the face of Red Bull’s development in a year where developments will be crucial. In this sense, the budget ceiling means that teams have little margin for error in the new pieces they make. A failure can lead to greater costs due to the need to correct the error, that is, a step back that neither Ferrari nor Red Bull can afford.
Source: La Verdad
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