Ferrari: F1-75 has lost ground in slow and medium speed corners compared to Red Bull. F1-75 has lost ground in slow and medium speed corners.

There are important signs and data which show how the Ferrari F1-75 has changed from before and after the summer break, providing us with key elements to understand where the Maranello team has lost important performance in terms of lap time. We need to concentrate on the slow and medium speed areas, where the F1-75 was much faster compared to the RB18 in the first part of the season, especially in the center of the corner and in terms of traction.

In France, Ferrari was fast in almost every single corner and not just by a small margin. The gain was about half a tenth in each slow corner, those with speed below 150 km / h, while the gain was just under one tenth in the corners between 150 and 250 km / h.

The F1-75 has always enjoyed a lot of aerodynamic downforce, coupled with a lot of grip generated by the mechanical engine that are always rather soft, which enhanced its qualities in the center of the corner and in traction moments. The RB18, on the other hand, is – and remains – the most efficient car of the gird, regardless of the characteristics of the circuit and its aerodynamic setup, but with a lower load (aerodynamic and mechanical) than the F1-75.

Before summer break, Ferrari was also very strong in the changes of direction and in the slow corners, thus denoting great agility and an often (almost) impeccable mechanical setup. Red Bull made no secret of how, for them, Ferrari was the best car in that context and in terms of corner aggressiveness. A strong point which was made possible above all thanks to a rather soft suspension and a car that managed not to break down in those situations.

From Belgium, the world has (almost) turned upside down. It has been another Ferrari, with an F1-75 that has lost all its important qualities and that has started to suffer heavily from tire degradation. If Red Bull in fact remained the masters of the straights, it overturned the disadvantage it had in the slow and medium speed corners, gaining a tenth in the slow corners and a little less in the medium speed ones, thus winning the comparison with Ferrari in ‘its’ territory. In the high-speed corners, the F1-75 remains superior, as pointed out by Piergiuseppe Donadoni and Paolo D’Alessandro for formu1a.uno.

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The downforce at high speeds has not disappeared on the F1-75, with the updated floor playing its part. However, where Ferrari now loses a lot is in the changes of direction, in the slow corners and in traction. This last aspect has improved between the Zandvoort and Monza races, with more accurate work on the setup, even though the Italian circuit is a rather unique track on the calendar in terms of set-up where a special package is needed.

These steps forward, however, had already been seen in Holland, but the aerodynamic load package helped in the duel with RB18, even if the F1-75 car still lost in the slow corners and above all tire management was still a big problem.