Ferrari power strategy cost shot at better F1 Imola GP result
The Italian squad had impressed in Friday practice but, in its preparations for qualifying, the team appeared to lack pace at the start of the lap relative to the cars ahead of it in the battle for pole position. GPS traces show that his Ferrari was between 3-4kph slower on the straights compared to the […]
Ferrari F1 upgrade expectations «completely out of reality»
Ferrari brought a comprehensive set of upgrades to its first of two home races, which it had shaken down during a filming day at Fiorano last week. The update covered a lot of areas on the car, including the floor, the wings, sidepod and engine cover, raising hopes of the Tifosi that, following McLaren’s leap […]
Ferrari’s F1 upgrades are all about “tilting the map”
But the current generation of ground-effect cars are trickier beasts to make fast, and the challenge involves nailing the right compromise between high-speed and low-speed performance. Throw on top of that the desire to make sure that the car is not too peaky and that drivers have confidence in it so that they are able […]
Why Ferrari thinks Hamilton’s impact will go far beyond F1 lap time
Hamilton announced earlier this year that he would be leaving Mercedes at the end of this season and joining Ferrari as Charles Leclerc’s team-mate for 2025. Although Vasseur has so far been reluctant to talk much about Hamilton, out of respect for current driver Carlos Sainz, he has now offered some background of the reasons for his […]
Why forcing Red Bull to make a “bad choice” is Vasseur’s main F1 target
Through all his title victories in junior categories and the delivery of race wins for Maranello, Vasseur accepts that being on top is about brilliance in all areas. That is why his spell at Ferrari has been one of evolution rather than revolution – and is more about chipping away to make everything slightly better […]
The eight key changes Ferrari has made to its F1 car for Imola
The team did so to ensure it had enough time if there were teething problems for what is quite a substantial change, not only to the aerodynamic performance of the car but also to how the power unit and ancillaries are cooled. A package of this magnitude has taken some time for Ferrari to develop, […]
Ferrari announces d’Ambrosio, Serra signings from Mercedes F1 team
Serra, formerly the performance director at Mercedes, will take on the head of chassis performance engineering role at Ferrari on 1 October and will report to technical chief Enrico Cardile. The news of Serra’s move was revealed by Autosport last year. The Frenchman entered F1 as an engineer for Michelin, before joining the BMW Sauber […]
Ferrari protest into WEC Spa result rejected
The Ferrari AF Corse team submitted a protest against the the stewards’ decisions declaring that the race would be restarted after the original time the event was scheduled to finish and the provisional results of the race. It was ruled inadmissible under the FIA’s international sporting code because “a stewards decision cannot be the subject […]
Ferrari stripped of WEC Spa pole, Porsche takes top spot
The car driven by Antonio Fuoco to a second consecutive WEC pole position in Friday afternoon’s Hyperpole session by a margin of 0.507s has lost all of its times from qualifying and will now start from the rear of the Hypercar field for Saturday’s 6 Hour race. The #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh will […]