Ferrari will make significant upgrades to the car in three stages over the next few races. The Italian edition of Motorsport.com reports that around the Barcelona Grand Prix, the "new version" of the car will be on the track.
A battle for the world title seems unthinkable for Ferrari this year. After three races, Charles Leclerc is in tenth place, Carlos Sainz currently shares fifth place, and the team is in fourth place among constructors, with a 30-point gap to the front. Therefore, internally, the team is working hard to make changes to ensure it can still make some headway in the rest of the season.
Three-step plan formed after first few races
A crucial change is a switch to the 'downwashed sidepods', the sidepod design introduced by Red Bull last year and now adopted by almost the entire field in several forms. For the time being, Ferrari had stubbornly persisted with its own sidepod design, jokingly called a bathtub because of its wide, bowl-shaped design. Earlier, it was announced that Ferrari would introduce these downwashed sidepods at Imola, but that will now be pushed forward two races to Barcelona.
In the meantime, other changes have also taken place. At the next race in Baku, a new diffuser will be fitted, and in two races time in Imola, the rear suspension will be taken care of. And another two races later in Barcelona, then with the sidepods, the new design will be complete. This roadmap was drawn up after it became clear in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia that the current choices were not working. In Australia, Ferrari had then gathered enough information to determine what the exact problems were, so the team could start working on the upgrades over the next few weeks.
Ferrari has officially requested Sainz's penalty. Its not in the news here but its official now. Right to Review. Though the stewards are a stubborn bunch, at least Ferrari are backing their drivers.
Bret, I understand it from your point of view, then sains himself said during Austin race that 5s penalty was too lenient. how possibly they can argue this case ? It might end up penalty for Gasly n SER. Not surgio
I didnt say they will win the case; highly unlikely. They will argue on the basis of 1st lap incident.
At the start of last year same design probably had it's nose ahead. So now it's not working ?
Use plan A for the race, B version for the car, less confusion for the strategy team.
B-C-D version. Just give us a car that can win races. Would love to see Ferrari win some this year.
-----A Tifosi's dream-------
Atleast red/Italian team(Ducati) is dominating in Motogp? however Bagnaia made a huge mistake last weekend. It was a superb drive from Marco in tricky conditions. Late charge from Zarco was brilliant as well.
And Álex Márquez on the podium. Wasn't sure the boy had it in him. Maybe the switch to Ducati did him some good eh?
Motogp has always been fun since the beginning of its inception. My fav. has been Rossi as a driver. Now, I just enjoy the sport. Its always exciting. Not seen a dull race for ages.
And Mercedes is developing a new suspension to help Hamilton's 'disconnect' ! (Motorsport.com)
Just out of curiosity, what's RUS's take on it?
Not joking, it's a serious question, since you seem to be well informed about MB.
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