Ferrari It didn’t start off in the best possible way. Formula 1 World Cup. The Italian team met again in Bahrain with ghosts from the past and, for the moment, it does not seem that the SF-23 It will not even come close to the new one Red Bull at the hands of Verstappen and perez. The two main problems the car had last year were the rapid degradation of the tires and the unreliability of the engine. Unfortunately, the Italians did not have the same luck as last year at the start of the season, where leclerc won the race and Sainz took second place.
TO Carlos Sainz greatly handicapped him by the demotion issue and prevented him from fighting for victory with Red Bull. In addition, the man from Madrid was affected by this problem at his pace in the race, since he had to reserve himself so as not to wear out his tires even faster. the one of Ferrari finished fourth and was the only one of both drivers to score points in Bahraingiven that Fernando Alonso he detected that incident and overtook the pilot on lap 45, thus taking the podium. However, those 12 points do not mean that the balance of those of Maranello be very negative.
From the paddock of the Italian team it is said that the successor of the F1-75has inherited the same faults: a handicap that causes the tires to degrade at a speed even higher than last year, especially on rough asphalt such as that of sakhir. However the team manager of Ferrari, Fred VasseurHe thinks it’s just a tuning problem. Even so, the top leader of the Italian team admitted the following: “Carlos had a lot of degradation, in general that was the problem.”
The other problem is the poor reliability of the engine, which manifested itself again in another Big prize More for the Italians. charles leclerc suffered an engine failure Ferrari which forced him to retire on lap 41 in Bahrain when only 16 remained for the end of the race. This is something that is already being investigated since Maranello. «Charles would have finished on the podium. If we want to win we have to have clean weekends and not full of details,” he said. Vasseur about his pupil.
Arabia seems decisive
The new Ferrari will have the opportunity to silence the ruckus that has been generated in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. What is expected of the automobile is that it take advantage of jeddah the advantage your brand new power unit gives you on the straights and high-speed corners. In addition, this would also be the most appropriate in the face of Australia since the new configuration of Albert Park makes it a very fast semi-urban circuit.
However, this issue also has a drawback, which could be the main cause of this rapid degradation. the spoiler of the Ferrari, being so minimal, causes the car to generate less downforce and, therefore, slip and degrade more. “We don’t know what will happen next week in Jeddah,” he concluded. Vasseur.
