Barcelona is a fundamental appointment for Ferrari in the calendar. It is the setting where they have introduced the largest package of improvements, which includes new pontoons (very similar to the model Red Bull and Aston Martin) and a new soil.
The Maranello team has no margin for error. They have started the season disastrously, with only one podium in five races and too far from the best. Fourth in the constructors’ world championship also behind Mercedes.
If these improvements do not work in Barcelona, at Ferrari they are pessimistic. There will be no way to go back in the remainder of the year. The victories go away. One more year. And there are already too many since Kimi raikkonen triumphing in 2007 and taking advantage of the civil war at McLaren between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.
That waits charles leclerc of these improvements? He has not been particularly optimistic: “We don’t expect big miracles, to be honest…”.
“From now on, we want to try to bring some small improvements in each race. This one should go in the right direction, but I don’t think it’s a massive change,” said the teammate. Carlos Sainz.
The new parts aim to make the car more competitive in the race. His weak point. “This shouldn’t help us gain a lot of performance, but at least help us be a bit more consistent over the weekend. Hopefully this will help us to have a better result on Sunday”Has expressed.
Carlos Sainz, for his part, spoke about the difference between qualifying and the race: “At the moment, the thing is that we have an extremely good car in qualifying, in one lap pace with new tires and in windy conditions We know exactly how we need to drive the car, that’s fine. Although as soon as we get out of those conditions a bit, the car loses a lot of downforce overall.”
