Beginning at present, 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 Formulation 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 purple, Lewis Hamilton lined solely 89 kilometers, and Charles Leclerc managed 42 kilometers resulting from heavy rain falling on the Fiorano monitor throughout his flip.
On the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, the climate circumstances 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 growth stage it was in on the finish of the 2023 Formulation 1 championship. Nonetheless, each Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will have the ability to assess what we would name the “Loic Serra impact.” The drivers’ work will concentrate on 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 workers, brings intensive experience by way of tire dynamics. The Montmeló check might due to this fact show very helpful for growing tire administration methods that may additionally profit the SF-25. Admittedly, the tires used throughout these classes aren’t those meant for 2025 (which can 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 habits adjustments based mostly on methods adopted through the warm-up lap, taking into consideration temperature and inflation pressures. They may then analyze how this impacts tire efficiency over a stint and its general lifespan.
The opposite space of focus is the beginning: the Maranello crew’s engineers and technicians imagine there’s nonetheless room for enchancment, not simply in clutch launch but in addition typically 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 stop grip loss depends on the exact synchronization of the inner combustion engine’s output with the hybrid system, which solely prompts above 100 kilometers per hour.
The Scuderia is thus getting ready to fine-tune particulars that would make a major distinction in a season the place the crew aspires to compete for each world titles.
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