Ferrari, “what a mess.” The first concept of this piece is expressed through a British phrase. Three words that Sebastian Vettel often used on the radio when he was part of the red team, to describe the ongoing scenario. An expression that, looking at the turbulent context in which the Prancing Horse is currently navigating, perhaps seems too mild.
Yes, because the Maranello team has realized something over the past year: if things don’t change for the better, there will always be another tunnel at the end of the tunnel. Even longer, in fact. For this reason, a profound revolution is underway. A team undergoing a complete restyling. It takes time and, above all, patience. We know that well.
Meanwhile, the championship continues, and dividing tasks in F1 is never easy. Managing the current situation while also thinking about 2024 is complicated. Especially when the working group is not complete and various measures to change the operational approach are in progress. All things that have already been written and made known in due course. What perhaps was still unknown, however, concerns the speed of this plan. According to our information, there seems to be a certain delay in the set schedule.
Ferrari, Project 676: Extended Timelines to Aim for the Maximum
Ferrari strongly wanted to continue the path of developments on the SF-23. A necessary task to understand their mistakes, from which a new aggressive philosophy should emerge as the baseline for Project 676. A Red Bull RB19 2.0, in red, and even improved. The technical details are known in this article, where we explain the chosen modus operandi by GES based on proven concepts. It’s quite clear that this is a rather optimistic vision. But then again, it’s also true that setting limits on desires would be quite foolish when aiming for the maximum.
What makes it particularly appealing concerns the timelines related to the operational directions. The time interval to define the philosophical concepts of Project 676 has been extended. This isn’t a change in vision. Quite the opposite. Simply put, once they got to work, the engineers realized that concluding the definitive procedures wasn’t as straightforward as they thought, so they decided to spend a few more weeks in the decision-making process. However, it’s worth emphasizing that this delay should in no way jeopardize the intended goal.
“Taking more time than expected” pushes towards a singular direction that we can summarize with a feminine noun: aggressiveness. Several technical innovations that the Italian team has decided to adopt to leave nothing to chance. Although there’s some dialectical caution regarding future car competitiveness, Ferrari is trying to pull off a perfect maneuver to bring the team to the forefront of the 2024 championship. This is their determination, although achieving it will be quite a feat.
The described context indicates that Vasseur has received full powers from the Ferrari management. His close rapport with John Elkann, the president of the red team, with whom the Frenchman communicates several times a day, has effectively accelerated various personnel acquisition operations. Putting the “acquisitive personnel machine” into action was more challenging than expected. But little by little, understanding that the Emilian team was truly serious, negotiations became simpler.
To conclude the update on the Ferrari world, a quick mention of the budget cap topic, which has been the subject of much discussion in the last week. According to information gathered by Formula Uno Analisi Tecnica, despite the significant efforts to make sense of the current season by updating the SF-23 as much as possible, the financial accounts drawn up by the internal sports management department are perfectly balanced. This is for the satisfaction of those who had previously claimed a possible overshooting of the spending cap.
Source: Alessandro Arcari for Formula Uno Analisi Tecnica
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