The Maranello team is preparing for redemption after the first three rounds of the 2023 Formula 1 championshi with a bittersweet taste for Ferrari. While on the one hand the first two grands prix were totally forgettable, the last weekend in Australia provided a glimpse of the SF-23’s true potential and was an encouraging sign in view of the next races.
In fact, Ferrari are convinced that they can return to being the second fastest car on the grid starting from Azerbaijan, after the step forward in Melbourne and the improvements envisaged for the Baku GP.
The next three rounds will be very indicative to establish once and for all the success or failure of the 675 project. As anticipated for some time, the Italian team should introduce a new diffuser in Baku. The novelty would be part of a first major development program that will reach its climax in Barcelona.
At Imola, on the other hand, a new revised suspension should make its debut. At the Circuit de Catalunya, on the other hand, we should see an SF-23 single-seater with more Red Bull-style sidepods, while still maintaining the philosophy of the car from Maranello. Furthermore, with the floor set up in Australia, Ferrari seems to have solved some of the correlation problems between the track and the simulator.
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Both performance and balance benefited from the updated floor, also demonstrated by Carlos Sainz‘s stint on the hards andreported by formu1a.uno: ”After having finished correcting the error that caused the aerodynamic instability in the SF-23 seen since the Bahrain tests, the gap should reduce quickly. It might appear unrealistic, yet in Maranello they are thinking of returning to having the second fastest car already from Baku “.
In fact, the Ferrari engineers remain confident in the great potential of the project. The SF-23 is a single-seater which, according to the simulator, should have been over 1 second faster than the previous car. However, all of this has not been seen on the track so far, with an SF-23 relegated to the role of fourth force.
In Maranello they hope that the Azerbaijan weekend can represent the starting point of a season that can only improve from now on, considering the results of the first three grands prix. If the RB19-Max Verstappen duo appears impossible to defeat at the moment, the short-term goal is at least to return to compete for the podium.
