Ferrari will seek its own confirmation in Montreal after Charles Leclerc’s victory at the Monaco GP. The SF-24 will have to adapt the car to the Canadian layout, which has characteristics of “stop and go“with some very fast sections interspersed with demanding sections of strong braking.
The Maranello team has prepared this weekend with great meticulousness. The difference from last year is that A surface with many unevenness has been repaved, so that may go against Red Bullsince it will be another circuit that does not adapt well to the characteristics of the RB20, which suffers excessively from slopes and potholes.
Fred Vasseurteam manager, does not want to make promises, but he does hints that Ferrari will be back in the fight for the first positions: “If we take a look at the last three events, Miami, Imola, Monaco, we went through different layouts and different types of asphalt, but in the end we all (Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull) confirmed that we were one tenth away. of a second away.”
“I can’t say that we dominated in Monaco, but if we look at the big picture, McLaren, Red Bull and we are always one tenth behind, even if we change the type of track, tires and asphalt. Montreal is a very fast circuit and We will probably see something different, there are many curbs and a very high top speed, but I would say we have a good feeling,” he explained.
Comparison of the Ferrari SF-24 between the victorious red car in Melbourne and the one in Monte Carlo.
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
Simulations reveal that Ferrari will be competitive in Montreal– On paper, a medium-load aerodynamic setup is needed, but the trend is to aim for a medium-low-load wing setup, so the Italians are expected to use a modified rear wing.
The wing used in the first seven events was adapted to the old aerodynamic configuration: in Canada we will know what the Enrico Cardile engineers have decided. The 49-year-old Tuscan technician, of course, is on everyone’s lips after the Motorsport.com exclusive, but internally nothing has yet been known about his more than possible team change, heading to Aston Martin Racing.
It is interesting to note that operations in the racing department are constantly changing: The deliberation processes on the car have changed with the simulation work (a combination of CFD, wind tunnel and simulator) leading to multiple choice options and finally converging on definitive solutions.
The objective, following the logic of limiting excessive expenses and the desire to bring only improvements to the track that provide performance, is to reduce the number of parts that must be validated in the wind tunnel, with increasingly effective detail work in the CFD, a department that has been strengthened with the introduction of research methods contributed by former employees of other teams who already work in red.
