Ferrari returns to Bahrain after the pre-season assessments, throughout which the staff realized that the SF-25 wouldn’t be aggressive towards McLaren and others. The Sakhir race comes one week after the Japanese Grand Prix, the place Ferrari collected solely a fourth and sixth place with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, respectively. On the Suzuka monitor, the weaknesses of a automobile in want of updates to enhance grew to become objectively clear.
“The truth that the fourth race of the season takes place in Bahrain offers us the chance to measure the progress we’ve got made in managing the SF-25 in comparison with the assessments a month and a half in the past.” – he identified.
The French staff principal is conscious that difficult McLaren within the desert is just not practical at this level, and he makes no point out of the potential updates anticipated, significantly to the ground.
“We all know we nonetheless lack efficiency to battle with McLaren, and we consider that we have to make progress, particularly when it comes to optimizing the automobile’s stability. This will likely be our focus in Sakhir, with the assist of these working on the manufacturing facility in Maranello.”
Fred Vasseur’s hope is to start a turnaround that may enable Ferrari to realize positions over Pink Bull and Mercedes: “We have to deal with each section of the weekend in nice element, realizing that even only a tenth gained can imply being forward of a few of our rivals each in qualifying on Saturday and within the race on Sunday.” – the Ferrari staff principal concluded forward of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend in Sakhir.