Scuderia Ferrari’s filming day in Monza last week served to satisfy the commercial needs of the Maranello team’s sponsors, but also to give some answers to the Ferrari technicians headed by Enrico Cardile. Charles Leclerc completed 17 laps and a half as to not surpass the 100 km authorized by the FIA, alternating the bodywork with the number 16 to that with the 55 of his teammate Carlos Sainz and changing the helmet when necessary, so as not to have bring both drivers to the factory for half a day’s work.
The need for footage without the sponsor Kaspersky, who disappeared from F1-75 as a result of the sanctions that were applied following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, allowed Scuderia Ferrari to take advantage of the opportunity to carry out some tests in view of the Spanish Grand Prix, scheduled for next weekend in Barcelona, but not only.
The Monza circuit is like an outdoor wind tunnel, ideal for verifying some aerodynamic configurations and several of them have been tested, with very short runs carried out, it is said, at constant speed on the straights just to gather some data and see how it compares with the wind tunnel and simulation systems.
In short, a very scientific approach in a well-prepared mix of video footage and technical solutions that advised the managers of Monza to lock up the racetrack with a lot of security controls at every access for Ferrari’s filming day.
In Barcelona, Scuderia Ferrari will bring an important package of updates with which the Italian side plans to recover the gap to Red Bull in terms of performance, that in the last two races (Imola and Miami) was clear and allowed Max Verstappen to score two consecutive race wins. Team Principal Mattia Binotto himself admitted that Red Bull had an advantage of about two tenths of a second as compared to the F1-75 at Imola and Miami.
The Monza track, therefore, became an opportunity to evaluate certain solutions: the low-downforce rear wing was tested, after Ferrari decided not to use it in Miami due to the low grip of the asphalt. The simulations for the Miami International Autodrome provided different indications regarding the track asphalt, which instead will be much better in Canada. Above all, at Monza we have seen the high-downforce rear wing that will enter the scene in Barcelona.
In Giorgio Piola’s drawings it is possible to see the differences with the rear wing that was used in the Miami Grand Prix.
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The main profile has a deeper spoon in the central portion, while it has a different and more profiled design towards the side bulkheads, in search of a greater vertical thrust, without losing too much in terms of drag and, therefore, efficiency.
The movable flap is characterized by a greater chord and a more evident concavity which will be particularly useful in the third sector of the Montmelò track, where the F1-75 should make the difference compared to the Red Bull.
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