Improved race pace and better tyre management: two positives for Ferrari despite Spain result. Two positives for Ferrari despite Spain result .

The work to be done is only at the beginning, the technicians say that 2022 Formula cars are still full of surprises, they progress or disappoint with every kilometer. In terms of reliability “it’s all a laboratory, in some ways it could have been worse” a technician from Scuderia Ferrari said, according to formu1a.uno.

The update package has worked very well, giving those 3 tenths promised, on a track and against a reference opponent that allow you to make comparisons and evaluations: “The new package worked as expected, which is not always taken for granted.” Charles Leclerc made it known at the end of the race. Despite the disappointment, the engineers confirmed that the first version of the new anti-porpoising floor and the rear wing worked equally well, in the race as in qualifying. Opening up different usage options that initially “had to and will still have to be fully understood”.

It is clear that the car has gained overall efficiency, both with the DRS closed and above all open, considering that Max Verstappen has practically never recorded higher speeds than Charles Leclerc as long as both were leading alone. Even Mercedes, very fast in the first sector (not surprisingly George Russell created problems for Sergio Perez) was still slower than Ferrari by a 8 km / h.

A difference that was not seen in qualifying. This shows a better overall balance, both in terms of tyre degradation and in the delicate traction phase coming out of the last corner, with a high fuel load.

In the championship, Charles Leclerc went from being able to be ahead by 19 points to -6 from the world champion, but there is clearly still a long way to go. Despite the high temperatures, the Monegasque dominated the race in all the slow and traction sections, much more than what he showed in qualifying. Even managing the pace at will. “In the few laps I drove it went really well” said the Monegasque after the race. “I think it would have been difficult for Max to recover because the gap was quite big and we had a very good pace on the soft tire.”

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The tire management made Charles Leclerc and the whole Italian team very happy. “In the last few races we struggled with tire management compared to Red Bull. Not here. In situations like this, it’s nice to see the positives too, and there have been a lot of them. This is why I feel better after this weekend than after the last two weekends” – Charles Leclerc concluded.