The weekend certainly didn't start in the best way Ferrari in Saudi Arabia. Looking at the ranking of FP2, who sees Charles Leclerc tear off the ninth square in front of Sainz, tenth, a certain fear rises. However, there are explanations that see one Rossa still with the handbrake, but ready more than ever to send a strong message to the championship.
The novelties presented in Jeddah
Ferrari doesn't want to wait. After Bahrain, Vasseur had announced some news, which immediately arrived. On both SF-23 was in fact mounted the single-pylon wing. The same element tested during testing and in the first free practice session in Bahrain. The changes do not only concern the rear wing, but also the front one which has been redesigned to push the amount of flows to induce a greater percentage towards the rear. Another modification has also been made under the mouth of the radiators, with the aim of increasing the air flow in the opening, making the air flow towards the bottom.
We are only at the beginning
Of course, one speaks alone of first updates. Ferrari is already working to bring innovations to Melbourne, the next round of the season. Despite the Sanchez resignation, the development program in Maranello has been scheduled until at least April. The Reds, especially if you consider last season, know how much continuing on this path is the right way to go.
Ferrari, Mekies' comment
But he prefers to wait Laurent Mekies running his account of Jeddah Friday: "The important thing was to find a second answer on a different track than Bahrain. For now, having only watched on Friday, I'd say that reading is complicated because there were slightly different programs between the various teams. There have already been differences in the work between our machines, also linked to the penalization of Charles. We still have a lot of work to do, but we have explored several things and we are happy. The thing that excites me is to think that in FP2 we saw smaller gaps than in Bahrain. Finding those final 2-3 tenths could make the difference“.
Now it gets serious
So the first updates have arrived. After hiding, Ferrari has to push and will undoubtedly do so this afternoon in qualifying. There the Redheads they will rev up their engines, putting themselves on the line, finally giving an idea of how much Bahrain has really been set aside.
