Ferrari didn’t win within the 2024 System 1 championship however goals to take action subsequent yr because the lengthy winter of F1 has simply begun. With no observe exercise, the utmost effort is being put into finalizing technical tasks by the groups for the upcoming season. The design section started a while in the past, however it’s solidified when the start line represents a constant reference. Because of this, all groups, at the very least of their intentions, had deliberate a growth plan with a shift in direction of the ultimate section of the lately concluded season.
The reason being easy: in 2025, there can be much less time to deal with the shortcomings of a automobile outlined based on the regulatory framework that can be out of date after just a few months. The final yr of regulatory continuity, actually, permits groups to investigate the weaknesses of the vehicles from the finished championship by means of the huge quantity of knowledge collected throughout race weekends. In relation to publicly out there data, some points can nonetheless be highlighted. As for Ferrari, the SF-24 single-seater was definitely an enormous step ahead in comparison with the 2023 automobile.
The engineers and technicians on the Prancing Horse managed to provide the automobile the power to precise its most potential inside a wider working window of the tires, which was the actual Achilles’ heel of its predecessor. The value paid for this was a decrease pace on a single lap, a conduct partially anticipated by the Maranello technicians, as the first purpose was to not overload the Pirelli tires with an excessive amount of power in a really brief time. Because of this, the SF-23 automobile carried out finest when it comes to qualifying tempo however struggled over the total 300 kilometer distance.
Within the evaluation, we evaluated the efficiency of the pink automobile primarily based on the compounds chosen by the Italian tire provider throughout F1 race weekends. As typical, the Italian producer Pirelli, for every Grand Prix of the season, primarily based on environmental components, observe floor abrasiveness, and observe geometry, conducts a evaluate that gives essentially the most correct indications for choosing three of the 5 compounds out there to make use of when the reference plan is dry.
On tracks the place excessive masses are generated on the tires, in quick corners, Pirelli has lengthy chosen the tougher compounds within the vary, so the tires can stand up to the power values being transmitted. The results of the numerical evaluation reveals that the mix of the toughest compounds on tracks with quick corners is the world of enchancment for mission 677. Up to now season, the C1, C2, and C3 compounds have been chosen for the next Grand Prix: Bahrain, Japan, Spain, England, Netherlands, and Qatar.
In none of those rounds did the vehicles of the Prancing Horse shine, though it have to be emphasised that within the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, the aerodynamic replace package deal debuted, which confused the Ferrari Racing Division for a number of weeks, and due to this fact the races in Barcelona on the Circuit de Catalunya and England on the Silverstone circuit have been closely influenced by the unpredictable conduct of the SF-24. Nonetheless, even after the engineers from the historic Maranello-based group managed to get the automobile again on a virtuous growth path, the efficiency in Zandvoort and Losail was nonetheless lackluster.
The reds, when utilizing the tougher compounds, averaged 10 factors fewer than these utilizing the central subset (C2, C3, and C4) and 5 factors fewer in comparison with races the place the softer dry compounds (C3, C4, and C5) have been used. The Brazilian F1 race was clearly not thought of within the evaluation, because it was held underneath torrential rain circumstances. Moreover, it ought to at all times be saved in thoughts that many different components can have an effect on the accuracy of the information. For instance, we recall the disastrous qualifying efficiency of the reds in Singapore.
It was the prelude to a weekend, the Asian one, the place a lot much less was gained when it comes to factors than might have been. Nonetheless, the ultimate end result just isn’t a coincidence, and due to this fact its worth definitely holds weight. The purpose for the boys of Maranello in view of the 2025 System 1 championship is definitely to extend the flexibility of the automobile throughout the whole vary of merchandise made by Pirelli, together with improved efficiency in lengthy, high-speed corners.
As if that weren’t sufficient, evidently beginning subsequent yr, the brand new Tremendous Gentle C6 compound can be launched, and its inclusion among the many out there choices might redefine the traits of the whole dry product vary made by the Italian provider. A further headache for the Ferrari group designers, who, after a number of years of limitless struggles, managed, by means of a deep understanding of the tires, to create one of the crucial attention-grabbing System 1 seasons of the final decade.
Dec 22, 2024
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