The first Friday of the 2022 Formula One championship saw Scuderia Ferrari finish both free practice sessions at the Bahrain International Circuit in second and third places. Yesterday, the Maranello team’s drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz tested all three tyre compounds available while working on set-up for Sunday’s race and for qualifying, which starts today at 18 local (16 CET).
Everyone – according to Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto – kept something in their pocket in terms of power, even Ferrari. It is interesting to note that on the straights the Ferrari has not shown any signs of extra-drag so far. Something that had discussed a lot regarding the design of the sidepods, clearly bulky but rather deceptive. This would also be good news for the next Grand Prix, which will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The solution of the Italian team seems to limit the efficiency of the floor deliberately to protect the diffuser, according to formu1a.uno. Sources from Maranello say they had favored the flows in the direction of the rear wing and the beam wing rather than over the floor as Mercedes did. It may prove to be an important weapon which should allow the F1-75 car to be close to Newey’s RB18 and try to beat it in qualifying.
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The first real answers will be discvered today in the qualifying session for the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix, but, in the event that all the teams have left the same margin of engine mapping use in the garage, we could certainly say that the Ferrari Power Unit, as anticipated by Formu1a.uno and then confirmed by Team Principal Mattia Binotto, is officially back on top. “The power unit has made a big step forward compared to 2021 – explained the Italian-Swiss engineer – but we are waiting for the qualifying session to get a more complete picture of the situation” – he explained.
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