Ferrari expects to respond to Red Bull in Barcelona with its improvements

there is worldsobra world. Only 5 races out of 23 scheduled for 2022 were performed. Anything can still happen. It became clear after the start of the course that everyone’s global perspective had changed significantly with some appointments. And it can continue to do so because of one of the most important keys: the evolutionary race of ferrari Y red bull throughout the course.

The campaign began on ferrari as the great favorite, dominating the mood with a double in the first race. After the third try, Leclerc became the favorite, with a 47 -point advantage over Max after two wins and two retirements in three appointments for the Dutchman. Red Bull had a heavier car, with more degradation and worse speeds. And moreover, it suffered the same problem with the fuel system and was forced to improve reliability. Another set may be nervous about their situation, not like this red bullto stand in the fourth race, in Imola, with enhancements that not only enabled him to have a reliable car, but also a single-seater with less degradation and faster speed than the Ferrari. In a circuit theoretically in favor of the Italians, at his home, he hit the table that confirmed the success of Verstappen in Miami.

But now it’s up to you ferrariwhich will show improvements to Barcelona. Obviously the F1-75 is the best starter car, but what ferrari Y red bull They chose two different approaches. The Italians defended from the tests that they would focus on evaluating how to maximize their vehicle, how to find its limitations and understand it before showing good evolution. In fact, they arrived Miami with little improvement thinking about minimizing the rebound (porpoising) on ​​the straight. And in the sixth exam of the year, in Barcelonathe expected first new package is coming.

Contrary to, red bull He bet on making improvements here and there race to race. He started behind Ferrari, but in 5 races he has already shown that he is one step ahead. met it Mattia Binotto after the success of Verstappen sa MiamiRed Bull now admits it takes approximately two tenths per lap in the car Maranello.

How long will Red Bull evolve?

“I have always said that we have to wait five races to do the evaluations on the competitiveness of the car. Now, those five races have passed and we are leading the same championship, so we should not be disappointed. But it is true Red Bull has improved its car since the start of the season by introducing improvements and, now, if we look at the last two races, they probably managed to be two tenths per lap faster than us today ”, the team leader from the Alps declared at the press conference after the test in America, where he wanted to emphasize that Red Bull didn’t You’ll be able to follow this initial rate of evolution if you want to respect the budget ceiling that currently prevents teams from spending what they want on the evolution of their vehicles.

“There’s no doubt that if we want to keep up with the pace, we have to introduce evolutions, but there’s a budget limit and at some point Red Bull has to stop developing, because otherwise we won’t understand how they turned out. can do it.

The Ferrari moment

Now, Mattia Binotto, far from lowering expectations, is confident about the benefit the new package will give her during lap time.

In the following races, it may be our moment to change what we can do with the car by introducing improvements, it will not be a surprise. We are worried about a new pack for Barcelona that will be important to us, as always, and we hope that the pack we have introduced will work as expected. And if that’s the case, it’s a good help to try to catch Red Bull’s current speed.