Aug
Ferrari has had a bad season, with just three podium finishes, and the main cause appears to be clear.
Enrico Cardile, Ferrari’s head of chassis, has acknowledged that its F1 challenger’s errors are “crystal clear” this season.
The SF-23 hasn’t performed as well as the previous year’s machines, which has prevented the Scuderia from winning the championship this season. Charles Leclerc has three podium finishes from 12 races, but Carlos Sainz hasn’t finished higher than third.
The car has a slow race speed, degrading tires, and is especially susceptible to windy circumstances. High-speed tracks have also been problematic for the package.
As several teams want to adopt the RB19 concept, Ferrari abandoned their scalloped sidepod concept in favor of a Red Bull-inspired style.
Ferrari’s errors in 2023
Cardile commented on the difference between Red Bull and the Maranello-based team in a statement to the media, including RacingNews365, saying, “For us, it is crystal clear what we did wrong with the car.
“What the weaknesses are is clear, it is not a matter of understanding [what the problems are], but what we should do now for the future is a matter of delivering a good product which will cope with the targets we have set.
“We know what we have to do, it is a matter of doing, of finding the right contents, the right architecture of the car to achieve the targets.
“The other point is that the car is consistent during a race weekend in terms of behaviour, and at times, this behaviour changes from track to track.
“In Hungary, we had a difficult time, but in Belgium, the performance was back but during the weekend, the car performance is consistent.
“[At Zandvoort], we dedicated FP1 to specific tests to better operate the car this year and to gather data to improve the behaviour of the car next year.”
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