Scuderia Ferrari seems to be struggling quite a bit in the Dutch Grand Prix weekend, as already seen in the Friday free practice sessions at the Zandvoort circuit located in the dunes north of Zandvoort, the Netherlands, near the North Sea coast line.
The drivers, in fact, had trouble keeping the car on track and complained that it was difficult to drive. Both of them went off track multiple times, and today Charles Leclerc even crashed during qualifying. The cause of these issues is an imbalance between the rear and the front of the SF-23: the Red car, in fact, couldn’t use the higher downforce setup because the flaps on the front part of the car were not responding correctly with this configuration. Commenting on this fact, Matteo Bobbi, an Italian racing driver with experience in several motor sport categories, including three years as a Minardi test driver in Formula One, highlighted a piece of information that could greatly benefit the Maranello team if used correctly.
“This is what happened in Budapest, and on all the high downforce tracks, except for Monaco, which is a different story. Yesterday, Ferrari tried the maximum downforce setup, but then they couldn’t find the optimal balance between the front and the rear. Looking at the qualifying speeds, Carlos Sainz‘s top speed is 329 km/h compared to McLaren’s 320 km/h, the slowest of all. In short, Ferrari ran a second slower than the Woking team despite being 9 kilometers per hour faster, and that’s quite telling,” emphasized the expert.
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