Having put behind a collection of races the place Ferrari confronted the worst second of the season, Charles Leclerc desires to get again to competing for the highest positions within the standings beginning this weekend, with the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Monegasque driver, along with the Maranello staff, has experimented, sacrificed races to attempt to collect knowledge on the package deal launched in Barcelona which, nevertheless, brought on bouncing within the SF-24. In Maranello, they’re satisfied they’ve understood what went flawed and have introduced a modified ground to the Hungaroring exactly to attempt to remove the aspect impact that brought on Ferrari to drop from being the principle challenger to Crimson Bull to the fourth power within the Championship.
Charles, what sort of second is Ferrari going by way of?
“I feel our growth as much as Monaco was superb and I additionally consider, as I’ve mentioned on a number of events, that Ferrari has been the staff to enhance probably the most from final September to now. Then in Montreal, we had an engine downside that value us an excellent end result. After that, from Barcelona onwards, updates brought on bouncing. On my half, particularly from that second, I’ve tried to make even excessive modifications to the setup to attempt to discover a answer. Ultimately, that selection paid dividends as a result of we gathered loads of knowledge, we understood what the issue was, and for us, it is very important lose as few races as potential to know the issue. Now we have now understood what the issue is and I consider that any more we will do higher. Right here in Hungary, we are going to attempt to maximize the end result and at Spa, we hope to do higher.”
Will you utilize the brand new package deal beginning tomorrow?
“I received’t go into particulars. You will note tomorrow if I’ll race with the brand new package deal or the previous one. As I mentioned, we have now gathered loads of knowledge to know the issue and I’m assured, the staff has accomplished their homework properly. However you will notice tomorrow.”
Do you suppose the Hungaroring is usually a good monitor to see any enhancements you’ve got made to the bouncing?
“I don’t suppose Hungary is the monitor the place bouncing shall be most seen. Nevertheless, we have now knowledge from the final races that may inform us rather a lot if we’re on the suitable path or the flawed one. I feel Spa is usually a extra important check for us, a way more significant check. However I’m assured that issues will get higher sooner or later exactly due to the work accomplished within the 4 races previous to this one.”
You will have introduced new components to Hungary…
“The brand new components we have now introduced are primarily to scale back bouncing.”
So what are you anticipating from this weekend when it comes to outcomes?
“It’s laborious to say what we will count on this weekend as a result of for a while now among the many prime groups it’s a matter of 1 or at most 2 tenths of a niche. So it’s laborious to know the place we shall be. However our objective is all the time to attain the very best end result. An important factor is to have a clean weekend with out too many modifications to the setup. If we will try this, I’m assured that we will get again to combating for the highest positions.”
Do you suppose there are nonetheless prospects to develop the automotive’s ground and discover efficiency or have you ever reached the restrict of growth?
“I consider there’s all the time a window for enchancment with regards to the ground of those vehicles as a result of the ground has such a excessive influence on aerodynamic load that it’s all the time potential to realize one thing. Now the window for enchancment is smaller as a result of we have now been utilizing this regulation for a couple of years, however there’s all the time one thing that may be improved. The main points could make a distinction. From Barcelona, we began having bouncing with the introduction of small particulars. So with small modifications, you may generate large penalties like bouncing, but additionally the acquire is all the time across the nook with small particulars. We now have to maintain pushing in that space.”
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