Scuderia Ferrari will return to the observe subsequent week with an SF-23: the Maranello workforce shall be in Barcelona on the Circuit de Catalunya with the 2 drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, from Tuesday, January 28, to Thursday, January 30, persevering with the work plan we anticipated firstly of the month and confirmed by the Italian media. The 2 drivers will alternate behind the wheel of the automotive that ran at Fiorano, permitting the seven-time world champion to have his first expertise with Ferrari on a really chilly day with fog and rain, which, nonetheless, was warmed by the help of over two thousand followers.
In Montmelo, the climate circumstances will certainly be higher, with three days of variable skies and solar however no rain. Iit appears {that a} disturbance might cross on Monday, and there could possibly be a downpour on Friday, however that shall be after the Scuderia has already accomplished its work plan.
Up to now, Lewis Hamilton has “used up” 89 kilometers of the 1,000 allowed by the FIA within the Check earlier automobiles programmes, whereas Charles Leclerc has solely used 42, as he encountered heavy rain on Wednesday afternoon. The Ferrari driver duo could have the chance to coach and put together for the 2025 Formulation 1 season, finishing the 4 days of labor allowed by the 2025 sporting laws in Spain.
The Italian facet has additionally joined the Pirelli check plan, which the one provider has launched for the event of the 2026 tires. These tires will maintain the 18-inch rims however shall be narrower than the present ones. A very powerful factor is that the automobiles, designed for the brand new laws, shall be narrower and shorter, so groups needed to put together a mule-car that may ideally present considerably much less aerodynamic load, in step with the newest simulations performed by groups in collaboration with the FIA.
The primary to hit the observe shall be McLaren, which shall be concerned at Paul Ricard for the event of the rain tires. The world champion workforce will use the Castellet circuit, which shall be artificially moist, on dates that overlap with the final two TPC days of Ferrari on the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.
Then, Ferrari and McLaren shall be collectively in Montmelo on February 4 and 5 to research the slick tires. In Maranello, they’ve ready an SF-24 as a mule-car, adapting the automotive to the 2026 laws. Because the single provider has requested the collaboration of groups to contain the common drivers within the delicate job of choosing tire constructions and compounds, Lewis Hamilton may even be seen in motion. It’s clear that this won’t be a check with the automotive that completed second within the 2024 Constructors’ Championship with 5 wins, because the conduct won’t be that of the SF-24 that Charles Leclerc is aware of. It is extremely probably that Leclerc himself may even be used on this session to supply suggestions from somebody who is aware of the unique Ferrari properly.
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