Scuderia Ferrari plans to introduce a special, low-downforce rear wing for the next round of the 2022 Formula 1 season, the Italian Grand Prix, scheduled to take place this weekend at the Monza circuit, in front of the Tifosi, as the Maranello team hopes to be able to challenge Red Bull and put an end to Max Verstappen’s series of four consecutive F1 victories.
While the budget cap limitations are making things difficult for teams in their attempt to develop fewer race-specific parts, the Italian side engineered has been working on special wing which should allow them to deliver maximum straight-line speed at Formula 1’s fastest circuits. Ferrari also brought this rear wing a few weeks ago at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, where Red Bull took another easy win, but the Maranello team eventually decided not to use it in Belgium.
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto explained that the new rear wing “was not the right choice considering the tyre degradation and high temperature” at the 7.004 km motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot,
“For Monza, certainly we run a different type of wing, lower drag. So the speed itself will not be the concern.” – Mattia Binotto added.
After the Dutch Grand Prix at the Zandvoort circuit, the Ferrari boss confirmed that he was worried about the team’s recent pace loss, which has been clear since the Hungarian Grand Prix. During the last four rounds, Ferrari have been massively out-scored by Red Bull, but lost points also to Mercedes, who are now challenging the Italian side for second place in the Constructors’ championship.
“My main concern after the race of today is that it’s three races in a row that we do not have the pace on Sunday,” he explained, drawing a comparison to their performance at the similar Hungaroring circuit.
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“In Hungary and this weekend we have a good quali, we had a quali which has been competitive, but then the race itself, we are not competitive enough and that makes life certainly a lot more difficult. Not only because we cannot fight for the win with Max, but because then we do not have the pace as well to keep the Mercedes behind. It’s now three races in a row that we are not at what should be our potential and what we have proved to have as the potential of the car since the start of the season. That’s something that we need to address as soon as possible because there are few races which are left from now to the end of the season. We still are looking for victories and our intention is to try to win at every single race, and that includes Monza.” – the Ferrari team principal continued.
Mattia Binotto is confident that the support of the fans will help the team as Ferrari targets its first Formula 1 race victory since the Red Bull Ring event in Austria: “After the Covid, it’s great still to have all our Tifosi in the grandstands. That would be important for us, because they will certainly cheer for us and boost us as a team, which right now we need to find some good results as well for this period.” – the Ferrari boss concluded.
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