5/30/2023 0 Comments Ferrari f1 2021“I also don't think we are lacking only in one area. It is a sum of various areas, so it is a sum of certainly aerodynamics, power unit, and overall systems on the car. I think that 0.7s not only comes from one single area. Photo by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport ImagesĪnother key area where Binotto sees tremendous gains is in pitstops, where he thinks the data points to Ferrari being up there amongst the very best again.įerrari hopes of doing that will be boosted by a ‘significant’ engine upgrade that is coming in the second half of the campaign, but progress on the car front will be down to incremental improvements rather than there being a magic bullet.īinotto adds: “There are still gaps to the best, as we've said, 0.7s in the quali. But still I think we halved the gap to the best and that’s encouraging because it shows the direction is the right one.”Ĭarlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari SF21, makes a pit stop “A 0.7 seconds gap is still a distance and is not negligible, so we are fully aware of it. “If we look at the lap time and pure car performance, so let’s take qualifying because that's where we are all at the maximum performance, if we take the average of the entire season, we were 1.4 seconds off the pole,” he says. There are other key indicators that show similar levels of progress. If we look at the entire grid, we are the ones that gained the most.” With 163 points to its name after the first ten rounds this year, making it joint third in the standings with McLaren, Ferrari has already easily eclipsed the 131 that it scored during 2020.īut more impressive than that is the fact that after the opening 10 rounds last year it had scored just 80 points.Īs Binotto explains: “It is more than double for the same number of races. On points terms the step forward can be seen by everybody. And it is these figures that have left him pretty chuffed with where things are going. Sure, there are some obvious front of stage performances, like Charles Leclerc’s pole positions in Monaco and Baku this year, that show it’s on the right path.īut Binotto prefers digging into more detailed numbers to evaluate just where Ferrari is at right now. Time and again this season, Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has been clear on that point: saying that it is ‘progression’ that matters far more than the final result in the 2021 constructors’ championship standings.īut judging progression can sometimes be a subjective thing, which makes it hard for those outside of Ferrari’s senior management to understand just where the team is stacking up in its quest to get back to the front.
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