Why Ferrari had to change plans for private testing at Fiorano circuit. Why Ferrari had to change plans .

Scuderia Ferrari decided to change direction this as to avoid starting the 2022 Formula One season with a rule breach. The Maranello team had initially announced that it was getting early on-track action with a private session at its own Fiorano circuit using the SF21, the car used by the Italian side in the 2021 campaign.

However, despite the fact that Scuderia Ferrari felt it was allowed to test with the SF21 car as the FIA had green-lighted the use of a year-old test car given the completely new 2022 rules, it seems this may not be the case.

When test driver Robert Shwartzman did not drive out of the Fiorano garage on time yesterday, it was because the Maranello team was suddenly unclear whether using the 2021 car was allowed. As a result, the Italian side will test with the 2018 car instead for its few days of running, which will also also feature Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, for the first time on track this year.

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“Until we receive an update from the FIA on the details of test cars, we will be using a SF71H from 2018,” a spokesman for the Maranello based team said.

Formula 1 teams – with Alpha Tauri this week in action at Imola with a 2020 car – are understandably eager to hit the track to start preparing for the radically different 2022 rules.

“[…] A team has made a question to the FIA for clarification” – Corriere dello Sport wrote in an article by Fulvio Solms – […] are we really sure they can use a car from last year? Last year […] an agreement was reached – […] accepted and signed by the FIA and Formula 1 […] – to allow the use of 2021 cars, which was not possibile until then, but was considered due to the looming regulation revolution. […] With Ferrari out of the way, however, the situation has changed. A team contacted the FIA to ask if it could really run the 2021 cars on the basis of an agreement between the teams not yet formally implemented by the Federation with the registration of a specific provision of the sporting regulations […] “. – the Italian newspaper informs.