Formula 1, Ferrari: F1-75 upgrade to Miami

The truth is that Ferstappen’s run in the RB18 at Easter’s Emilia Romagna GP was not down to Ferrari’s lack of speed. After all, Charles Leclerc pulled away from the front in the sprint race and kept a safe distance from the Dutchman until the soft rubber of F1-75 started to wear out in the last three laps.

Ferrari’s state defeat at Imola was the result of his tire management problems, all types of tires both in Saturday’s sprint and Sunday’s race, but also because of the driving mistakes made by Leclerc and Carlos Saint.

Ferstappen himself admitted that the Ferrari F1-75’s speed was not lacking at the Italian circuit, so in Miami Scuderia will continue with its previous strategy: trying to fully understand the Cavallino and exploit its maximum potential through tire management.

So, as confirmed by Team Principal Matia Binoto, due to the big straights of the new track and F1’s first major upgrade package, the Italians will only be racing with a modified low-lift aerodynamics set at the Florida USA-75 being in coming games.

“No, we won’t have the base [αναβάθμιση] in Miami, but we’ll still have some new parts in the car,” said Binoto. “Because the Miami track is very fast compared to the previous races, we’re going to have something different in terms of lift. We are optimistic that the lift we will have will be quite efficient.

But we know that too red bull also has a mid/low lift package so will be competitive. It will be a new track and a new challenge, very interesting.added the Italian.

Since the beginning of the year, the RB18 has been faster in fast corners and straights and that’s one of Ferrari’s challenges this year. RBR, on the other hand, is forced to leverage its car to compete with Ferrari – which is faster – thanks to its engine power advantage when accelerating out of the medium and slow corners.

“If you look at the Jeddah race (ss: where there were also long straights and fast corners), sure [η RBR] it would be much faster. If we look at Bahrain, its influence is certainly there DRS It was stronger and the way it caught us on the straights was important. “But in Australia I think they added a lift and the speed of the two cars was similar.” the director of the Scuderia continued.

“So if we have similar wings, we’re also very close to their speed. So I don’t think there’s a big difference there. We know we can improve our wings to make them more efficient, but I don’t expect that to be a problem and then it’s all a matter of compromise [στη ρύθμιση της άντωσης] for a lap of qualifying, for the race and for tire wear”.

The Scuderia strongman also said the team – like Melbourne – are continuing to make modifications to fix the jumping (porpoise) issue, although it’s not affecting his lap at all – unlike the devastating effect it’s having on Mercedes .

“We’re still working on it porpoise, which as you can see is pretty obvious. It’s more intense for us than RedBull, and hides the potential to find some more speed “, concluded Binoto.