Ferrari completed the assessments after the Barcelona tests where the F1-75 made its track debut in direct comparison with rivals. The red brought to Spain will not be very different from the one we will see next week in Sakhir for the second collective session that will precede the Bahrain GP from 10 to 12 March.
While Mercedes, and apparently Red Bull too, will show off deeply revised single-seaters, the Scuderia will work on the development of the F1-75 that performed well in Montmelò.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75
Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
In particular, Brackley’s team seems ready to bring a particularly different W13 to the rear, repeating a strategy that had already given great results in 2019, when only one week later they managed to field two totally different W10s (the first approved at the end of November, while the second brought all the innovations resulting from the development work).
Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc have expressed positive opinions on the three days in Barcelona showing an interesting potential of F1-75, although the Maranello team has never looked for performance, as indeed the most famous rivals, aiming at the correlation of the data between the track. , wind tunnel and simulator.
And by weighing the numbers available it would have emerged that the red car edited by Enrico Cardile and David Sanchez would be the car that has grown the most in comparison with the values expressed last year.
Even if none of the Cavallino staff wants to find out with performance evaluations on what has been understood in Spain, there is a bit of optimism in the Gestione Sportiva because the difference from the top would be estimated at three or four tenths. A value that should allow the red to fight for the top every time the conditions are created, placing the Scuderia in the top three.
Mattia Binotto, team principal of the Cavallino, is perfectly aware of the greater potential that Mercedes and Red Bull will be able to express in Bahrain, but is equally aware that the F1-75 will be able to raise its performance threshold after having demonstrated good system reliability. .
Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari F1-75, detail of the high side
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
Speaking about the development of the red, the Reggiano puts his hands forward: “It will not be very different from what you have seen. I think the first step for us will be to optimize what we have available. We are still a long way from the best performance, not only because we rode with a lot of fuel, but also because we didn’t push the engine and more generally because there is still a lot to exploit from the car itself ”.
Ferrari F1-75, detail of the bottom modified in Barcelona
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
While Mercedes and Red Bull will debut deeply remodeled cars, Ferrari in Sakhir will have some modifications to the fund to further limit the effect of the hopping due to porpoising…
“Of course we are always worried about our competitors’ updates. And I’m pretty sure they will be very, very strong, but we are satisfied with the work done … ”.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75
Photo by: Erik Junius
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