There Formula One is preparing to live the eleventh of hers twenty-four appointments seasonal. We are therefore close to the half of a competitive year whose characteristics are progressively taking shape. It’s not yet time to jump to conclusions, but the Austrian Grand Prix can represent a new test for everyone, Ferrari ahead.
However the Spielberg racetrack he recently said good things to the Reds. The last year, the Scuderia from Maranello took part in one of the races in which it was most competitive in relation to the elusive Red Bull. Indeed, in 2022 was able to surpass it in terms of performance (a situation that occurred only occasionally). It should also not be forgotten how, in 2020one of the rare podiums for an unfortunate single-seater has arrived.
There SF-24 she is certainly not unfortunate, on the contrary, she has shown that she can be a winner. It stays though swinging, without providing any certainty regarding its real value. It is already something more than the perennial non-competitiveness of other cars sent to the track by the Prancing Horse in the current era. In relation to Montmelothere will be two big differences to keep in mind.
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First of all i connotati of the route built on the hills of Styria, totally different from those of the plant located north of Barcelona. In Austria the importance of downforce is reduced, we are closer to a context “stop&go”which so far has not been particularly friendly with Ferrari (Sakhir, but above all Imola and Montreal have left a bad taste in the mouth).
Secondly, there will be a Sprint. Therefore pilots and engineers will have at their disposal a single free practice session to have concrete confirmation of what was predicted by the simulations. It will therefore be necessary to approach an appointment in a different way in which theunknown weather.
Spielberg sometimes proposes strong thunderstorms (especially at night) which perhaps are discharged when the F1s are closed in the garages, but they wash the gum off deposited on the asphalt, “resetting it to zero”. Another aspect that did not appear at Montmelò last week. Will go to shuffle the cards of the dealer? We’ll find out in a few days.
