Ferrari’s first cards on the table for 2024: “Sensations in the simulator are very different this year”

In Ferrari There is optimism associated with the creation of a new car Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc for F1 season 2024. The one in Maranello It was announced last December, at christmas dinner of Ferrari. There, the Team Principal of the group, Fred VasseurMD was told that the 2024 car will be 95% new and both he and Enrico Cardile, Ferrari chassis chiefthey are sure that this year’s car follows the “right path”, leaving behind the great evils of the 2023 car, which is a very fast car with a turn that melts every Sunday.

So far, the performance of the new Ferrari of 2024 It was a mystery until it was revealed at the official F1 preseason test that shares the track with all its rivals, from February 21 to 23, in Bahrain. Before that happened, Marc Gene confident in Great Sports World Gala that the new car left a “better feeling” in the simulator than those experienced by the team at the same time of the year, before the preseason.

“Optimism? All we can say is what the simulator tells us and the sensations of the pilots in the simulator. The track, in any case, is in charge and is the final judge. But it is true that last year at this point we were no longer fully convinced by the car based on what the simulator told us and this year the sensations are very different. But we still have to wait to see the car on the track, which is on February 13 (car presentation day in Maranello) and then the preseason test in Bahrain“said the Catalan, now a Ferrari ambassador and still wearing a suit to drive the Ferrari F1 for the clients of the Italian brand in many events and tracks.

Therefore, Marc indicated that the ‘feel’ the car gave on this course was better. That is, in the absence of a track that confirms the data, it seems that those from Maranello will take a step forward. However, it remains to be seen what this qualitative leap represents on the track in relation to the evolution achieved by its rivals from Mercedes, Aston Martin, McLaren and above all, the champion team of recent campaigns: Red Bull.

“Will we see Ferrari and Carlos Sainz fighting for the World Cup? It’s difficult, because Red Bull had a very important margin last year and they say that this year’s car is better. They are the favoritesobviously. Fighting with them for the World Cup is a bit optimistic, but taking another step forward and being able to fight harder with them, yes,” Marc Gené added to MD, happy to experience the Great Mundo Deportivo Gala for another year.

“I have been coming for many years. When I raced actively and now I continue in F1 in a different way but I am very fond of this gala because I remember my origins from many years ago,” commented Marc with a smile upon entering Palau de Congressos de Catalunya. , on the red carpet.