Ferrari takes the podium with SainzThird place for the historic team of F1 finds itself in our hands in a completely unexpected way, thanks to the close encounter between Verstappen and Norris, a fact about which there will be no shortage of controversy. Ferrari he smiles halfway though, since on the other side of the garage con Charles Leclerc everything that could has gone wrong. A weekend definitely to forget for the Monegasque, never mind. He wins Mercedes con Russell which if we look at it didn’t have a very different rhythm from that of Carlos. According to McLaren, team British who proves to be truly great.
Ferrari he can’t make the car work well. We are referring to the SF-24 that with the new package mounted in Spain seems to have lost the working point of the car. It is spoken of porpoisinghe talks about it above all Sainz. An aerodynamic bounce that is triggered by the new floor and does not allow the use of the pre-established ground clearances. The tendency is therefore to raise the car to avoid it and at this point the load generated by the single-seater is not sufficient. Taking this reasoning as valid, it must also be said that at the rear the downforce always tends to be less.
The reason is well known in this case, as the need to mitigate an aerodynamic efficiency that is not up to par “imposes” a more unloaded rear. Lighter and consequently dancing rear end which contrasts with the extreme solidity of the front-end. Loading a single-seater is very important, but the balance of the vertical thrust is even more important. How much the downforce it is not proportionate between the two axles of the car l’handling it becomes complicated and in the specific case of the Ferrari let’s talk about oversteer. Excess rotation that in the middle of a curve causes instability and delays the opening of the throttle.
As we were saying, we are talking about aerodynamic hopping, a phenomenon that in the sections where the car takes curves at high speed creates load instability. In fact, between T2 e T3the red ones showed instability in their ride. Looking at the on board in qualifying, it was noted that the load generated was not sufficient to guarantee stability of the ride with the speeds adopted in the center of the curve. However, the problem was not only extended to this type of bend. In the first sector, in fact, curves 1 and 3, the lack of grip mechanical was important. An aspect that significantly affected the performance.
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The helmsman of this ship that is sailing in stormy waters is called Frederic Vasseur. The French tried to form a square in the arc of the weekend. The Frenchman admits the problems but does not speak clearly about them. He prefers to discuss the results and the commitment shown by the undoubtedly commendable working group. A bittersweet weekend for the Austrian, at least according to Fred. Sugar comes from the podium of Sainz which however, without the close encounter between the top of the class, for the Ferrari number 55 would never have arrived logically.
The negative side concerns the accident in which he was involved Leclerc when braking the curve he found himself sandwiched between Plates e Perez. But the real problem concerns the beginning of the weekendwhen the Ferrari treads the asphalt of Spielberg and its setup was far from optimal. The simulator says something that the track does not confirm. A car that shows little grip and an insufficient level of load. Sixty minutes to understand something that were not enough, because the format Sprint Race without a doubt he did not support the red one in gathering know how.
Vasseur claims that the stable of F1 most awarded in history has made a great step forward in the course of the weekendWe can add that the problems seen on Friday frankly dragged on to Sunday, because even in the race yesterday, the tyre management was not optimal and on a general level l’handling it was far from the very precise one observed in pre races Spain. We continue to push, therefore, because the current objective always remains the same: to fight to win. This supports the manager Of Draveil and he does it with a certain confidence in front of the microphones.
Through our usual weekend analyses we have expertly reported the behaviour of the Ferrarilisting a series of problems suffered that seem to go well beyond the issue porpoising. As always, it must be said that validating updates takes time and it is not a given that technical corrections are needed to make them work properly. Vasseur he claims that there will be no going back because in this respect the path taken is the right one. There is a lot of ambition that translates into the development of what currently represents the technical framework of the car.
No steps backwards because better could have been done and will be done. The latest package of update has provided aerodynamic advantages and it is from this point that the red team wants to start again. In this sense Silverstone will be able to help. The head of sports management, in fact, recalls that in England There will be three free practice sessions available, an aspect that will help to increase the process linked to knowledge and experience on the car for its correct use. Ultimately, a consideration: in Spainto give a clear example, with the old fund in the Fp1the car of Charles Leclerc it wasn’t on track in any way.
It was much worse than SF-24 Of Sainz which instead had a new floor specification fitted to the car. For this reason the Monegasque’s car was turned inside out like a sock in the first free practice sessions. While waiting to find out more about it, we limit ourselves to underlining one fact: the problems are different and as far as we are concerned they are not linked only to the topic porpoising or the alleged suspension that would not be able to handle the rebound with more load. Tomorrow on our pages the complete technical analysis to take stock of the situation.
Author: Alessandro Arcari – @berrageiz
Images: Scuderia Ferrari – F1Tv
