Carlos Sainz hints at “new direction” for Ferrari with F1 Spanish GP upgrade package
Following a lacklustre start to the 2023 season which has left Ferrari fourth in the constructo෴rs’ championship standings, the Italian outfit have brought an upgrade package for t🐼his weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona.
It is hoped the updates will make the SF-23 more competitive in the๊ races and help Ferrari turn around their disappointing start to the campaign.
“It’s a bit of a new directio🐼n, into what we believe should be the right path to develop this car,” Sainz 🌳said on Thursday.
“Making it a better car, ඣa more drive-able car, more consistent, better in the race - that is what we know is our main weakness.
“You’ve seen it ha𓃲sn’t been an easy start to the season and we’ve been struggling. But it is true that with this first step into this direction, we try and correct the deficiencies we have.
“We also know that this upgrade i♐s not going to change our life from one race 🅘to another. It’s the first step of many steps to come still.”
Sainz revealed the upgrade has been﷽ fast-tracked after originally being planned for introduction much later in the s♎eason.
“You cannot imagine theꦕ effort Maranello has done in trying to bring this packꦅage forward,” the Spaniard said.
“It was supposed to come a lot later in the season and t💞he whole factory was just flat-out these last few months, because of the situation, to tr🐲y and bring it earlier.”
Sainz’s teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Charles Leclerc downplayed suggestions the revised SF-23 would dramatically enhance Ferrar🅘i’s for☂tunes.
"We are notꦑ expecting any big miracles, to be honest,” Le🐬clerc said.
"From now on, we want to try and bring some small upgrades every race. This one should go in the right direction. But I don't ♌think it will be a massive change.”
The Mon൩egasque added: "At the moment, the thing is that we have extremely peaky car that in qualifying, on the one lap pace with new tyres, and w𝄹ith the wind that we know exactly how we need to drive the car, it's okay.
"But as soon as we go a little bit out of those conditions, the car loses so much downforce overalﷺl. So, we have been working a lot on that with this new car.
"This should help us to not gain that much performance, but to at least be a bit more consistent throughout 🌞the weekend. That hopefully will help us to have a bettꦕer result on the Sunday."
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