Small improvements bring podiums for Ferrari, improvement in Imola should guarantee more

Ferrari currently has a good position as the second team in Formula 1. Apart from Red Bull Racing, only the team from Maranello managed to win in 2023 and during the first four races of 2024. Technical journalists Matt Somerfield and Giorgio Piola explain. Motorsport.com how the Italian racing team can achieve this.

Perhaps the best thing about performance of Ferrari is that, unlike other teams, it is not big improvements He has done it by car. Major developments are expected for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but so far there have been only minor adjustments. For Japan, for example, attention was paid only to small adjustments to the upper control arm of the rear suspension, which created some flexibility from an aerodynamic point of view.

Nothing has changed on the rear wing during the first four race weekends, which technical journalists find surprising. The cycles in which the first race of 2024 took place varied greatly in terms of reduce power in drag, so rear wing modifications would not be an unnecessary luxury. However, according to FIA documents, the Italian racing team could bring the old options to Saudi Arabia and Japan, if needed.

Ferrari hopes and improve narrowing the gap to Red Bull

In both cases, these are picks they picked up from the 2023 season and therefore aren’t picks that were made specifically for 2024. This suggests that these picks were only used to fall back when the situation called for it, which ultimately wasn’t the case. Instead, Ferrari was able to modify the SF-24 every weekend by making small changes to the configuration beam wing (permanent, solid part of the wing, ed.).

For multiple cycles reduce power Ferrari used one
put-out in a dihedral fashion. Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc rode here in Bahrain and Japan. Only one feature was installed in Saudi Arabia. The Italians also chose this in Australia. Successfully without this major modification, the eyes are now looking at Imola, where there is a big improve
is coming and it could be more clear if Ferrari can close the gap to Red Bull.