Scuderia Ferrari ended the filming day at the Fiorano circuit by completing the 100 km run allowed by the current Formula 1 regulation without problems. The first key aspect that emerged from the F1-23’s track activity is that we didn’t see any porpoising, the annoying bouncing that had conditioned the first outing of the F1-75 last season
The Maranello technicians have taken the measures to limit the phenomenon and it seems that they have found the right solutions in the hope that porpoising will not return to being a issue during the next Formula 1 championship.
The day at Fiorano was started by Charles Leclerc who completed the 50 km assigned to him in the morning, while then it was Carlos Sainz’s turn in the afternoon. The work program was obviously aimed at commercial filming, but the technicians of the Ferrari Racing Division did not miss the opportunity to collect some data useful for evaluating the behavior of the SF-23 on the track in comparison with the simulation systems (wind tunnel and simulator).
On the front part of the chassis we saw a double Pitot tube appear, as well as sensors on the diffuser of the floor near the first two Venturi channels.
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Not only that but in the rear we also saw two different tie rods: the first between the elbow of the diffuser and the sidewalk and a second between the chassis and the floor to evaluate the different oscillations of the floor, trying to understand where it is best to stiffen the structure. Once again today a lot of fans wanted to watch the track activity from outside the track, trying to find any place where they could see Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz driver the SF-23, being able to enjoy a day with spring temperatures.
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