Haas has decided to reduce the space of the pit wall to only three positions instead of six as was the case in the past, in the belief that the money saved in transporting the structure around the world can be reinvested in the development of the VF-23: we are talking about savings of 250,000 dollars a year which could go towards the improvement of the single-seater designed by Simone Resta.
Ferrari has adopted a different strategy: it is true that it has limited the people destined to be on the pit wall to six, but it is also true that it has tried to review its organization in the hope of managing race strategies better, after the huge mistakes that were seen during the last season.
The Scuderia is in full evolution: Iñaki Rueda leaves his his role and the responsibility for strategies to Ravin Jain, after a redistribution of the tasks from the French team principal. Speaking to Motorsport.com at the conclusion of three days of testing, Fred Vasseur explained:
“From the outside, when we talk about strategy, we always tend to look at the person sitting on the pit wall. In reality it is a much more complex mechanism, there is software, there is a flow of information, a communication channel, aspects that are often more important than who physically sits in the seat”.
“We have decided to change the organization, so Inaki will be in Maranello, focused on sporting aspects and Ravin will be on the pit wall. But that’s not the only change. We also reviewed the flow of communication to make sure you have an efficient exchange, because when everything goes well there is time to allow interaction between three or four people, but when you have to react in a second it’s a different story, because it can present a scenario that was not in the plans. We thought of something a little more direct, and I think it will work well”.
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Motorsport’s Giorgio Piola, taking a look at the Ferrari structure that was brought to the pit wall for the Sakhir tests, pointed out a significant change: the monitors on which the information processed by the FOM is shown are much larger than previously. There are two larger screens for each station and it is striking that there is one vertical, while the second is inclined and has a curved screen to facilitate better reading and analysis of the data. Ferrari has therefore completely revised the setup of the pit wall. Now, each engineer on the wall has larger screens. Xavi (on the left) has a lower screen which shows telemetry traces, to give references to the driver.
The Scuderia takes care of every little detail in an attempt to catch the Red Bull, in defiance to the limits of the budget cap: competitiveness must not only be a key factor for the SF-23, but in general for the whole team and the tools they have at their disposal.
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