Bojan Vrbnjak
Ferrari he got really angry with his “presentation” last month (February 26) fans and the media, since the public in boring video presented only the team - of course without a race car or their red goddess. Team she has set a goal of winning for this season third place in the design championship, which is supposed to enable them above all improved engine. But here we would know to have fierce competition in teams Aston Martin in McLaren. The latter took that place in last year's championship.
First of all, of course, to the most striking change. SF21 is no longer just red, but also green. Logo Winnow Mission namely, it appears in a completely different color. On top of that red base color becoming more and more towards the back of the car darker, here the Italians imagined something completely new. As for the logo Winnow Mission, which has risen in recent years due to opposition from critics tobacco advertising in sports rarely appeared, it should be noted that Philip Morris remained a loyal sponsor Ferrari.
From a technical point of view, Ferrari has a lot to make up for, as last year’s race car was one of the worst in the team’s history. They won just three podium finishes, no wins, and finished sixth among the teams. And they are to blame for this crash. Too weak an engine associated with inefficient aerodynamics has yielded miserable results. Mattia binotto, team boss Ferrari, said in the introduction: “As we can see, the rear of the car is in burgundy. Same color as on the first Ferrari 125 S race car. We also used the same color last year at Mugello when we celebrated our 1.000 race." Italian betrays that it is SF21, not surprisingly, the evolution of last year SF1000, which is quite logical given the partially frozen development in Formula 1. “Nevertheless, we tried to improve the car in all areas,”He emphasizes binotto. It's new aerodynamics and in the back of the car it is completely new drive unit.
Italian he promised a good week ago: “We expect to be better on the plains again now. We have an efficient race car, both in terms of aerodynamics and engine.“For how long will the car be better, this cannot be assessed at this time. Extensive development constraints Ferrari they didn’t go hand in hand, not even in view chassis in aerodynamics. Both development token were used on the back of the car, where due new bottom also the largest aerodynamic change. On front wing they made only detailed changes. Narrow nose, as used by many competitors, would require a token. Also in question engine will have to wait. The deficit last year was huge. binotto at least it promises greater capacity and the first statements from the camp of their partners, teams Haas in Alfa Romeo, show cautious optimism that Ferrari could take a good step forward.
Therefore Ferrari below the line he hopes to be able to reconnect to the top of the middle of the box Formula 1. To be able to re-engage in after just one year that was miserable fight for the title of champion, of this v Maranello they do not believe. In the face of this new race car SF21 they do not plan to develop intensively this year. Team namely, it is already focused on the year 2022when new rules take effect. “We will not spend much time on the further development of this year's car," so binotto. To this end, v Maranello also made personnel changes. Chassis section has new leadership and binotto will not be present at all races this year. Laurent mekies he was supposed to get more responsibility.
Of course, there has also been a change for this season on the racing side. Charles Leclerc will 2021 appear in its third season for Ferrari, and the new one is his teammate namely Carlos Sainz, who came from the team McLaren. They are both in charge of that Ferrari bring them back to the top again.
John Elkann, President Ferrari, he said: “We have not forgotten what happened in 2020. But our view is forward-looking and we are determined not to disappoint our fans of typhoid. We are heading into the new season modestly, but also determined to work so that Enzo Ferrari would be proud of us."
