THE CAR FACTOR

Ferrari’s season can be separated into three separate phases when it comes to development of the SF-23. The team started 2023 far from where it expected to be, with a car with a fundamental aerodynamic instability that led to vicious handling. Ferrari realised it had taken a wrong path, and the first product of this was new bodywork and sidepods – much more in the direction of Red Bull’s – for the Spanish GP, aimed at improving high-speed rear stability. A new front wing for Austria fed into that. As those developments came on stream, Ferrari had a test at Barcelona after the Spanish GP. Nominally a Pirelli tyre test with Sainz driving, it allowed the team to try something on the car. Understeer was introduced into the setup to try to tame…

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