Has Ferrari learned to better manage Pirelli tires for 2024 Formula 1 season?

Has Ferrari learned to better manage Pirelli tires for 2024 Formula 1 season?. Ferrari has understood how to manage tire wear in view of next season.

Ferrari is already ready to turn the page and think about 2024. Having ended the 2023 Formula 1 championship without managing to secure second place in the Constructors’ Championship, the Maranello team returns home with a consolation prize. In Abu Dhabi, the Scuderia secured the final podium of the season with Charles Leclerc. It was a forgettable last race, however, for Carlos Sainz at the 5.281-kilometre Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island.

The positive side is that Fred Vasseur’s team can be satisfied with having understood the weaknesses of the Ferrari car, which will be useful for the 2024 Formula 1 season. The analysis carried out by German automobile magazine Auto Motor und Sport shows how the Maranello team has understood how to manage tire wear.

This is “a very important point” that is not only valid for 2024 but even “for the coming years.” Mercedes itself “had to admit that Ferrari managed the flaws of its car better after the first half of the season.”

Indeed, the Maranello team returned to competitiveness immediately after the summer break. First at the Monza circuit in Italy, with Carlos Sainz’s pole position, then in Singapore, with pole position and victory again by the Spaniard.

“Vasseur attributed this to having a faster car, which makes tire management easier,” AMUS continues.

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Expectations for the next year
In Maranello, they know they have to start with rather modest expectations to avoid sensational proclamations. Fred Vasseur is also aware of this.

“I am really satisfied because from Zandvoort until today we have not revolutionized the car, except for the updates in Japan,” he confided in an interview with the media in Abu Dhabi. “We have simply managed to do a better job with the car, understanding it better and fine-tuning it. Improvement can be made everywhere.”