The Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto he stressed that in Bahrain the fans and supporters of the Maranello team should not expect big news on the F1-75 which started 2022 in Barcelona with no reliability problems and over 4 thousand kilometers traveled, making it the fastest single-seater with C3 medium tires. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has put pressure on Ferrari, reiterating that he has about 12 months of advantage over Mercedes and Red Bull as he started working on the 2022 car, completely sacrificing 2021, the year in which Brackley’s team and that of Milton Keynes engaged in an exciting duel which ended in the last lap of the final race.
After having laid the foundations at Montmelò by collecting a considerable amount of data – in the wake of what Mercedes used to do in the years of domination during the winter tests in Barcelona – in Bahrain Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will focus more on performance on an F1- 75 which will not feature major updates, or at least not radical. The same is not true for Mercedes and Red Bull. According to what was reported by the German journalist Michael Schmidt in a video analysis on the newspaper Auto Motor und Sportin fact, the reigning Constructors ‘championship team and the one holding the Drivers’ title will show off very different versions of the W13 and RB18 compared to what was observed in Barcelona. Mercedes will present a half-new single-seater, while Red Bull will ‘complete’ the concept studied by Adrian Newey and unveiled in Barcelona with the “missing” since the car observed in Catalonia appeared incomplete.
Disputes with the FIA about the updates studied by Mercedes, Red Bull and more cannot be ruled out. As we have underlined, the Federation will carefully evaluate some solutions which, according to what has been filtered, they are not in line with the spirit of the new technical regulation. Gray areas and interpretations on which Ross Brawn had warned the teams anticipating zero tolerance by the FIA.
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