At Ferrari there is no time to lose. After seeing how McLaren, with its double in the Italian GP, consolidated ahead of the Italian team in the constructors’ general classification (by 13.5 points), from Maranello they continue to work piecemeal to get a competitive car that is capable of battling even in more ambitious positions than those that are disputed in the middle zone. The goal of the Scuderia is to return to the top, proof of this is their alignment, and now they only need to develop a car that they already have outlined and for which they are still looking for resources, now with two days of private tests at the Ímola circuit who have had the presence of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
The Monegasque was the first to hit the track with the SF71-H from 2018, since as stated in the regulations it is forbidden to ride with a car that does not exceed two years old in this type of test, and completed a complicated first day in which water and mechanics conditioned the plans. Leclerc was forced to return the Ferrari to the garage for a transmission problem as reported in formulapasion.it and later, he saw how the rain also appeared to give some respite in the afternoon. They then focused on the main objective of those tests, to work on aerodynamics and the correlation between the track and the simulator, waiting for Sainz to take over for the day today.
The Madrilenian has climbed to the Ferrari with which he debuted at the beginning of the year at Fiorano alongside those from Maranello, but now on a different track that also featured the presence of Antonio Fuoco, Ferrari GT driver, and Robert Shwartzman, Acamedia driver. The participation of both was also scheduled for the day on Friday while at the factory, they continue to work on the new 065/6 evo power unit (still on the test bench) and a new simulator that is in the calibration phase and that It should be fully operational this month.