Ferrari He was going through a delicate moment. His SF-23 He did not perform at the expected level in the first two races. It was quick in one lap, but it was difficult to drive and, above all, had a major problem: its weak race pace in relation to its competitors, making it a world away from the dominators, Red Bull, and behind. Aston Martin or Mercedes Sunday. They wear the tires too much and struggle to find the optimal window of use and understand all the compounds over an entire weekend. For him This weekend’s Australian F1 GP 2023 is not expected to changebut Ferrari drivers, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, are confident in the possibilities of their car in the medium termconfident that the Italian team will be able to reverse their situation and improve their car base to get closer to Red Bull.
In this sense, both indicated in statements to ‘Sky Sport Italia’ entering the Australian F1 GP that the team It is working to close the gap on Red Bull, taking advantage of the break that will take place between this Australian GP and the next one in Azerbaijan.
“There has to be patience but we have a way to improve. The car is really difficult, we have to find the half point between losing two tenths in qualifying and 8 tenths in the race”Carlos Sainz said on Italian television.
“Red Bull doesn’t have one strong point. The whole car itself is strong,” he added of Verstappen and Pérez’s car.
“We know where the problem is and what we have to do, that’s the good part, the numbers confirm what we feel, it won’t be solved in a race or a month, but we have a medium-term plan and we have a clear direction. what to follow”Carlos pointed out on ‘DAZN F1’. “We are working on the set ups. We cannot be 0.2s behind in qualifying and then 0.8s in the race. We are giving everything on the track and in the factory to solve this and I trust the team”, added the man from Madrid .
Leclerc believes fighting for the title is possible
The same opinion was expressed by Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque driver admitted that Ferrari has regressed rather than improved compared to last year and believes it is possible to break out of the current mess to fight for the crown.
“Not only do we not have a car from last year, but we have been a bit backwards in terms of performance and therefore I cannot say that it will be easy to win. I am sure that we have the weapons to do it.”Charles declared.
Last year it became clear to him how much things can change from the beginning of the course to the end. He started in the best car in 2022 and finished far behind the Red Bulls. But the big difference is that last year the cars were new and the room for improvement in both is greater than now, as the SF-23 is an evolution of the car from last year. However, Leclerc does not believe that the current concept has reached its performance limit and is confident of improvement.
“There will be no news here, but we are working hard to take it after Australia and be close to the Red Bulls again. But my goal this year has not changed, I want the World Cup”he pointed out, indicating that developments will come after the hiatus that exists from Melbourne to Baku.
“Red Bull is not about the points where they have improved. They are better in all areas. In everything.”ended with respect to the great dominator of this beginning of the course.
Source: La Verdad
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