The Monza track was literally armored for the Ferrari filming day . All access to the track was closed with barriers and security personnel to prevent prying eyes from seeing the red car.
However, here is the first, and so far only, image of the F1-75 driven by Charles Leclerc, captured this morning, where the Monegasque did very few lap sessions, alternating track work with filming, which is necessary to meet the demands of the Prancing Horse sponsors.
This is because the images of the recording day that Ferrari made in Barcelona before the start of pre-season testing also included the Russian brand Kaspersky that was removed after the start of the war in Ukraine, so they could no longer be used. . For this reason, those from Maranello were in a hurry to be able to meet the requirements of their partners, which caused them to make use of the second day granted by the FIA.
The session comes at just the right time, as Ferrari will bring its first update package to the next Formula 1 event, the Spanish Grand Prix, with the aim of reducing aerodynamic drag and improving top speed, so there is no better track than Monza, the ‘Temple of Speed’, to collect data that may be useful for the development of the F1-75, which has to recover in Montmeló the difference of two tenths of a second that occurred in Imola and Miami.
On filming days, teams can complete a maximum of 100 kilometers (17 laps in the case of Monza) on Pirelli demo tyres.
