F1 – Chinese doctor, Ferrari “best performance” 0.6″ slower than McLaren in management

Ferrari in Chinese he has not optimized the damn thing. Nine words that make it clear how much the order of SF-24 on Asian soil has gone far from high performance. This morning we talked about it on our pages, explaining in detail what happened to those tires. A poor performance that prevented the Ferrari drivers from using the car’s full potential. Vasseur’s sincerity in this matter is evident. On the other hand, it was very obvious that hiding it would be impossible. It can happen internally F1. No drama. The main thing is to learn from the lesson.

Why does Ferrari suffer from Norris’ McLaren?

Through the use of telemetry it is always possible to execute certain arguments. Interesting events apart from the simple observation of cars on the track. The context that today gives us the possibility to compare several cars. We refer specifically Ferrari e McLaren. Comparing the fastest performances in the race between Charles Leclerc of Lando Norrisin fact, we can draw an unquestionably true conclusion: contrary to what one might think, the peak and minimum speed between SF-24 e MCL38 they are practically the same.

However, it makes a big difference. A fact that catches the eye when examining the following picture. We refer to the fact that, the English driver of the team To workhe made himself better performance for long distances without pushing hard. To be more precise, the Englishman achieved his best time in the race while managing the car. It is not clear if we are talking about simple fuel economy, energy management put into the tires or maybe both topics. The fact is that looking at the telemetry line shows exactly the lift and some costs in the curve 1, 11 14.

All this added to the consumption of the gas fraction in streams 7, 8, 9 and 10. Furthermore, by carefully considering the data provided by the graph, the maximum capacity of McLaren number 4 to give the load when going through fast corners like number 7, where Norris it uses less acceleration, but despite this it maintains the same speed in the middle of the curve Ferrari There is Charles who is definitely pushing the accelerator pedal harder. Finally, more details, related to the strong acceleration phase of the double peak curve that leads to the high speed part of T3, about 1.2 km.

Leclerc he actually has to “hit the brakes” more than before Norris so you don’t lose back. Now we come to the lap times obtained by both fitting compounds Difficultthe second phase of Big prize from Chinese version 2024. Norris is typing during the 1:38.757s in it McLaren. When the Monegasque Ferrari you should calm down 1:39.384s who are driving SF-24. We are talking about two performances, both achieved on the 33rd cycle, while the one seat in question has “led” 12 cycles on Pirelli white band Charles11 on the same type of compound for Lando.

Equal conditions, therefore, which of course makes the comparison fair. Big McLaren or Ferrari return to this circuit with hard tyres? As we have already explained in the previous analysis, red could not manage the vaccine in the best way. On the contrary, it has almost never been able to maintain the correct one line of work of tires. The explanation for this gap in the fastest lap can also come from other reasons. In particular, let’s remember that the two fastest routes occurred in the second round after the race was split through Security Car.

An element that, if there was still a need, strongly emphasizes the complexity of the “endemic”. SF-24 in bringing the tires to heat. Reasons confirmed by the following steps, where the delta above lap time Between Ferrari e McLaren becomes narrower, from 6/7 tenths of the best performance to an average of about 2 and a half tenths per cycle in the latter part of action. A weekend not soon to be forgotten. On the contrary, as mentioned, several reflections are needed to avoid making the same mistake again. This makes a the team who wants to grow and who has knowledge of the truth.

Authors and graphic designers: Marco Iurlandino - Alessandro Arcari– @berrageizÂ

Photo: Scuderia Ferrari