‘Opening a new door’ - Ferrari’s F1 sidepod philosophy shift explained

The Italian outfit have brought a big upgrade package featuring new-look sidepods to this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix as they look to improve their 🅺fortunes following a disappointing starꦬt to the season.
The SF-23's sidepods have been significantly revised and mark a departure fro💫m the previous sculpted design the team first pioneered last year.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz debuted the new sidepods in opening practice in Barcelona, while teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Charles Leclerc ran the old design a💃s Ferrari conducted a back-to-back.
“It’s a change for sure but it’s not a new car also,” Ferrari team pr🔥incipal Vasseur said of the upgrade package w🥀hich also includes a revised floor edge.
“We are making step forward and opening some doors for the future, but it’s not a complete cha🉐nge.”&ജnbsp;

Asked what had prompted the change in p🌊hilosophy, Vasseur replied: “It was for us the opportunity to open a new door for the development for the future.
“It was quite promising, it means that we committed on this way. Let’s see ✨what the next weeks will bring to us. But it was a tough decision.”
Vasseur str🧸essed it is too early to get a proper read into the updates but🐓 stressed “the first feeling is good”.
“We are expecting a step forwa🌞rd, not a huge one🌺, but a step forward,” he added.
“ꦇAlso to open some doors for the future in terms of development. We will have other upgrades coming in the next couple of rac🐠es.
“It’s an opportunity also to take another direction.💎 Even with this one, we are expecting to do a step forward.”
Vasseur confirmed Leclerc will get the chance to ꦰtry out the new sidepods on Friday afternoon in second practice.


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