Ferrari F1 2021, from Leclerc and Sainz to Binotto, here is the team for the World Championship

The 2021 season of Scuderia Ferrari officially began with a video of around 16 minutes. The objective is the World Cup that will begin in Bahrain on March 28, but above all the mission is to quickly forget the opaque 2020, which ended without victory and with sixth place in the Constructors’ World Cup. Mattia Binotto, director of the Ferrari team, opened the video from the Maranello trophy room, “here where our roots are”, and recalled that “a great orchestra needs the best instruments and that the Cavallino is a symbol of Italian excellence in the world”. . The protagonists of the video are also the two pilots who form an unprecedented pair for Maranello: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are the youngest pair lined up by Maranello in the last 50 years. The mantra? “Working together for the good of Ferrari, beyond any rivalry”, the two repeated while reading a kind of “decalogue” of Ferrari. With the awareness that “fast companions stimulate each other” to go faster and faster.

Lotta a quattro

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But what season will it be for Ferrari? We will know soon after the first tests in Bahrain, even if miracles cannot be expected. The technical regulation has not changed substantially and the basis on which to work, which cannot be revolutionized even by virtue of cost savings, is currently far from Mercedes and Red Bull. Approaching and perhaps overtaking McLaren (which will have Mercedes engines), Aston Martin and Alpine can be a challenge to focus on immediately. To achieve this, we worked hard to try to correct the main defects of the SF1000.

The interventions

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The power unit has been completely redesigned, seeking more power from the heat engine and electric motor generator, in an attempt to reduce the horsepower gap. In terms of aerodynamics, the goal was to increase efficiency, that is, more load when cornering to improve roadholding without penalizing smoothness in a straight line. The general work, including that of the rear suspension, will try to improve the drivability of the car and the predictability of the behavior, warming up the tires and making them work well in the distance without deteriorating them. If Ferrari manages to reduce the impact of these prominent issues in 2020, they can certainly do so much better than what we saw last year.

The energy of Charles and Carlos

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To move up the hierarchy, seeking new energies also from the riders, the Cavallino has decided to combine the speed and talent of Charles Leclerc with the freshness and determination of Carlos Sainz. The 26-year-old Spaniard, in his seventh season in F1, already has 118 GPs behind him and an excellent recent two-year experience at McLaren, of which he was one of the pivots in the rise to third place in the category of constructors in 2020. Maranello is strongly aiming for two guys who can push each other, bring out the vehicle’s speed together, and steer well and methodically the crucial job of designing and developing the 2022 car, the most anticipated to review a Ferrari in a stable fight. for the World Championship.