In the past, when there were several weeks of pre-season testing, most teams opted for a different work strategy. In the first days, their car was basically their first starting point, while for the second tests they had quite important updates.
This year and due to the great change that the technical regulations of the category have undergone, Formula 1 decided to return to a pre-season format divided into two different sessions, both of three days, for which some teams such as Mercedes and Red Bull and have confirmed significant updates for the second test in Bahrain.
In fact and according to some rumours, some of the solutions that these teams will bring to Sakhir have already been considered by the FIA as contrary to the spirit of the new technical rules: in other words, they could be banned.
Meanwhile, Ferrari, the team that attracted the vast majority of eyes at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, appears to have no major upgrades planned for the second week of pre-season testing at the Sakhir circuit, venue for the first race of the season. season.
In the words of Ferrari’s own director, Mattia Binotto , on the contrary, he assured that what was seen of the F1-75 of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc in Barcelona will be the same that he will see in just over a week in the last tests of winter (from March 10 to 12).
“First, we need to confirm what we have already shown,” Binotto said. “We are still far from being the fastest team on the grid. In the first tests, we were just trying to understand the behavior of the car and learn how to get the most out of it.”
“Our work was not only focused on the set-up, but also on the fact that the drivers could learn to control the new car, trying to find the maximum speed in it. I don’t know what others are preparing for then (Sakhir tests) , but we will continue working with the same configuration”, concluded the Swiss.
In this way, the sensations that the Maranello team left in Barcelona could be forgotten in Bahrain if their direct rivals take a step forward and they remain in the same line, however, they could present a great update in the first Grand Prix. of Bahrain of the season, a question that at the moment they avoid in the Italian house.
Charles Leclerc at the wheel of the new Ferrari F1-75
