Beginning right this 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 could have the chance to proceed their coaching forward of the 2025 Components 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 automotive 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, in fact, should stay on the growth stage it was in on the finish of the 2023 Components 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 concentrate on analyzing two key facets: tire put on, which was one of many Achilles’ heels of the automotive two years in the past, and begins.
Technical director Loic Serra, who was warmly welcomed by the Maranello workers, brings intensive experience when it comes to tire dynamics. The Montmeló take a look at may due to this fact show very helpful for creating tire administration methods which may additionally profit the SF-25. Admittedly, the tires used throughout these classes usually are not those supposed for 2025 (which will likely be much less delicate to overheating), as particular tires are allotted for these assessments.
Nonetheless, Ferrari will have the ability to consider, alongside the 2 drivers, how tire habits adjustments primarily based on methods adopted throughout the warm-up lap, considering 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 workforce’s engineers and technicians imagine there’s nonetheless room for enchancment, not simply in clutch launch but additionally basically acceleration from a standstill when the lights exit. Electronics consultants are persevering with to refine launch methods: whereas the clutch should be manually managed by the motive force, optimizing energy supply to stop 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 getting ready to fine-tune particulars that would make a big distinction in a season the place the workforce aspires to compete for each world titles.
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