Ferrari reveals race which will be “decisive test” for tyre management issues. Ferrari reveals race which will be "decisive test" for tyre management issues .

The answer has arrived for now. Dry, clear, decisive. But not enough. Not because Scuderia Ferrari was preceded by Lando Norris (with a normal race at least Charles Leclerc would have reached the top-5), but because the Red Bull Ring is more of a traction circuit than a distance one. And so Ferrari smiles and will smile again after the sixth and seventh place in the Styrian Grand Prix, as long as it remains dry even in seven days time when the Austrian Grand Prix will take place once again at the Red Bull Ring.

However, the problems could return in the Bristish Grand Prix at Silverstone (18 July), a historic circuit made up of high-speed corners, which therefore presents the difficulties that the SF21 encountered in France.

That is why Scuderia Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto looks at this challenge as a decisive test, without dwelling too much on Spielberg’s second round next week: “If we had been in France today? With hindsight, even at Paul Ricard we could have made different choices. The situation could change, but not drastically. We will have the counter-proof, the decisive test, at Silverstone. There we will tackle a medium-high speed track again, with a lot of energy required from the front tires. We will prepare better than in France.” – Mattia Binotto explained in an interviw for Sky Sport F1 at the end of the Styrian Grand Prix.