Beginning at the moment, Ferrari returns to the monitor with the SF-23 single-seater: the Scuderia has entry to the Barcelona circuit for 3 days of Check Earlier Vehicles programme, the place Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc can have the chance to proceed their coaching forward of the 2025 Method 1 season.
The FIA regulation launched this yr limits Check Earlier Vehicles to 4 days with a most mileage of 1,000 kilometers per driver. Throughout his debut in pink, Lewis Hamilton lined solely 89 kilometers, and Charles Leclerc managed 42 kilometers because of heavy rain falling on the Fiorano monitor throughout his flip.
On the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, the climate situations are anticipated to be way more favorable, permitting the 2 drivers to familiarize themselves with the automobile in preparation for the debut of the SF-25, scheduled for February 19 at Fiorano, following a presentation set to be streamed with out journalists current.
The SF-23, after all, should stay on the improvement stage it was in on the finish of the 2023 Method 1 championship. Nonetheless, each Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will have the ability to assess what we’d name the “Loic Serra impact.” The drivers’ work will deal with analyzing two key points: tire put on, which was one of many Achilles’ heels of the automobile two years in the past, and begins.
Technical director Loic Serra, who was warmly welcomed by the Maranello employees, brings intensive experience when it comes to tire dynamics. The Montmeló check might subsequently show very helpful for creating tire administration methods that may additionally profit the SF-25. Admittedly, the tires used throughout these periods aren’t those meant for 2025 (which will probably be much less delicate to overheating), as particular tires are allotted for these checks.
Nonetheless, Ferrari will have the ability to consider, alongside the 2 drivers, how tire conduct adjustments based mostly on methods adopted in the course of the warm-up lap, making an allowance for temperature and inflation pressures. They’ll then analyze how this impacts tire efficiency over a stint and its general lifespan.
The opposite space of focus is the beginning: the Maranello group’s engineers and technicians imagine there may be nonetheless room for enchancment, not simply in clutch launch but in addition generally acceleration from a standstill when the lights exit. Electronics specialists are persevering with to refine launch methods: whereas the clutch have to be manually managed by the motive force, optimizing energy supply to forestall grip loss depends on the exact synchronization of the interior combustion engine’s output with the hybrid system, which solely prompts above 100 kilometers per hour.
The Scuderia is thus making ready to fine-tune particulars that might make a big distinction in a season the place the group aspires to compete for each world titles.
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