Bojan Vrbnjak
If let's look back on the first three test days in Barcelona, we can calmly say that the season 2020 za Ferrari did not start as desired. The difference between Ferrari’s fastest time in Mercedesa namely 2,422 seconds in favor of silver arrows. That's huge. In view driven laps, Ferrari it also lags behind as they were taken away by the Italians 354, And Mercedes 494. Not necessarily that in this early stage whatever it means, but it 's about the first indicator in view of the inaugural race in Melbourne, and at Ferrari are to some extent a victory in Australia already written off.
Although it is Toto wolff, team boss Mercedes, said after the first day that it will be their biggest competitor this year Red Bull, but we can be sure that it was just about political statement. Because in the camp Mercedesa are unlike many observers and some experts, such as Leo Turrini, which v Maranello he also sees if one fallen leaf of a tree moves and that said yes Ferrari the aerodynamic package (first week of testing) does not work, significantly more careful. Statement Mattia Binotta about the current worse condition of the team are not taken as dry gold.
The team silver arrows is after the end of the first week of testing on published on its website text, in which they try to classify the times seen so far. Who read carefully this text, it must catch the eye above all one sentence"Why did Ferrari constantly keep its powertrain at a lower level in this test than was the case with their partner teams?In other words: Mercedes with that Ferrari specifically, he accuses that they have not yet discovered all the maps. We can read below that Mercedes v Melbourne expects a very close fight at the top.
binotto allegations Mercedesa does not deny and vaguely talks about that on winter testing you can’t know exactly who had how much fuel in the tank and with what engine setting drove on the track. However, he expressed concern: "If I only look at us, then I don’t believe we are as fast as they are." Ferrari it is, unlike years 2019, at the beginning of testing focused only on that he gets to know the new car wellwithout SF1000 pulled the maximum - you could understand or explain. “We changed our approach to the test program. For the first three days, we focused entirely on engine settings, various aerodynamic and mechanical configurations - without optimizing the car's settings and paying attention to performance."
Nevertheless, according to the Italian recognizable trendwho says yes Ferrari v Melbourne he cannot win on his own. “It is true that we have not worked much on the settings yet, but all this is a bit more complicated and our competitors are very strong.“Then again binotto added: “We must not forget what happened last year. Let’s wait for next week and let’s wait for how it will go in Australia to better understand the whole picture. We have not yet optimized the settings for our car, which makes it difficult to say where we are with our performance and form.”It means: we will have to wait until the second week or better yet the first three racesto find out who is right: Mercedes with allegations bluffing ali Ferrari with its assessment.
