Binotto: ‘From Hungary a new Ferrari. In Austria to take advantage of the opportunities’

The team principal: “After the tests I started a change of direction on aerodynamics knowing that it would not be immediately ready. We don’t have the best package but Zeltweg is not Montmelo “

A change of direction to try to overturn the unhappy outcome of the pre-season tests in Barcelona. On the eve of the first GP of the season in Austria, team principal Mattia Binotto explained how Ferrari tried to make the most of the forced break from the championship block due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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New goals

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“The SF1000 at Zeltweg will have the same configuration seen in the Barcelona tests – he said – but an important change of direction has been initiated with regard to development, especially in aerodynamics. We had to understand why we had not seen what we expected on the track and at that point adjust the whole program accordingly. It would have been counterproductive to continue on the expected path knowing that we would not have achieved the set goals. Therefore, we decided to draw up a new program that covered the whole car, knowing that it would not be ready for the first race in its entirety “.

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Package

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Maranello’s goal is therefore to bring “the new developments on track to the third race, that of July 19 at the Hungaroring”. Binotto added: “We know very well that today we do not have the fastest package, we knew it on the eve of our departure for Melbourne and things have not changed. That said, the Austrian circuit has different characteristics compared to that of Montmelò and the temperatures will not be those of the end of February. In Austria we will have to try to exploit the opportunities that should arise, waiting to understand in Hungary, once the development step we are working on has been introduced, where we really will be compared to the others, also in light of the developments that the competitors may have introduced “.

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