An evolved Ferrari SF1000 “different and which remains to be refined”

With a ninth place as the best result for Charles Leclerc, Team Ferrari clearly did not make any sparks this Friday in Austria for the first free practices of the Styrian Grand Prix.

The Maranello team, however, had a busy program with its SF1000s, equipped with several aero upgrades, initially expected in Hungary, but finally brought forward by the transalpine management to this weekend.

New features on which the pilots believe that work still remains to be accomplished. “I could feel these updates, but we still need to tweak this to make it work properly, comments Charles Leclerc. We just have to keep working to find the full potential.

The day was difficult. But on the other hand, I think we found a few things with the fuel tank at the end of the day in the final stint, in particular. So it's positive. »

Sebastian Vettel for his part compared the progress in the face of the behavior of the car compared to the previous week. “It’s a lot better than last week. analyzes the German.

If you look at the timesheet, obviously I saw my lap deleted and it wasn't a good day for the times, but I think some people anticipated maybe the rain tomorrow, preparing for the case where EL2 constitutes qualification for Sunday.

For our part, the main thing was to take care of the developments that we made. Step by step we installed things and it seems to be positive. I think we still have to look and find now the best window where the car performs the best.

At once, it was a different car, and then I could get used to it. It's not really possible to compare the two because there was such a big difference. Now I hope it stays like this. »

It now remains to be confirmed in qualifying tomorrow if the weather permits, and especially in the race on Sunday. In order to achieve a second podium in a row?