Bojan Vrbnjak
In tests v Barcelona we could see that Ferrari he did not perform as convincingly as the year before. Apparently the team really has a bit weaker engine. In addition, the Italians are new SF1000 put on a little more vacuum, which nullified advantage on the planes. According to experts, Ferrari za Mercedes lags more than half a second, as stated by colleagues from auto motor und sport. Mattia binotto stressed that Ferrari it doesn’t have the fastest race car and that they are definitely not favorites in the opening race of the season. Cheerful however, it is at least a race simulation Charles Leclerc on the last day when he drove very constant laps. “One of the goals was to give the car more vacuum, which would improve tire wear and handling. I think we are better here than last year. We're in a better position, but still not fast enough,”Notes the team leader.
Ferrari supposedly only after the first three races knew where he was, he believed binotto. "Because Australia is a very unique track, but after two or three races we could get the whole picture of how far we actually lag.“Sam personally counts on being his team initially lagging behind. And how is it Italian satisfied with winter testing? “As for performance, I can’t be happy. The test itself, however, was fine. We were able to do our program and so I would give the test a score of eight. In terms of performance, six before.”And where it needs to be Ferrari especially to improve?
"If I look at the winter tests, then we have better racing speed and poorer qualifying,”Reads the analysis Binotta. "We are still suffering a bit here, we need to understand this, analyze it and then improve it." Interesting: Even last year is a Ferrari thanks engine power fought for pole position, Charles Leclerc he became seven king of qualifications. this advantage is now exhausted - probably also because agreement with the full name.
