Based on the sprint qualifying results, the Ferrari drivers will start Saturday’s short race from 4th and 5th positions, behind the two McLaren cars and the Mercedes of George Russell.
Commenting on these results, Scuderia head Frederic Vasseur said that the team plans to adjust the car’s settings after the sprint.
The long, fast corners of the Qatar circuit are not the best for the SF-24, and circuits with this configuration reveal the weaknesses of this chassis, including the car’s lack of downforce, causing understeer arises. to appear.
Frederic Vasseur: “The car performed much better in practice, but in the final of qualifying on Friday there was too much understeer and that caused serious problems.
Trying to find some positive aspects, we can remind you that the largest number of points will only be awarded on Sunday, so we must react and prepare as best as possible for qualifying on Saturday so that we have a good car in the race from Sunday.
The closed park rules apply until the end of the sprint, but after that we can adjust the settings before the main qualifying. As for the pace, it is still quite difficult to get a real idea, since during training no one has really worked on long series of laps, so we cannot estimate what the intensity of the granulation of the rubber will be.
And the sprint is scheduled earlier in the day, when the asphalt temperature will be slightly higher and the granulation should be slightly less visible.”
Source: F1 News
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