Rob Smedley met en garde Ferrari face à des améliorations décourageantes

L'ancien ingénieur de Formule 1, Rob Smedley, a qualifié les améliorations apportées par Ferrari lors du Grand Prix de Miami de légèrement décourageantes. Il a prévenu que l'écurie risque d'entrer dans une boucle de développement négative après que McLaren a su tirer davantage de performance de ses propres mises à jour.

S'exprimant sur le podcast High Performance Racing, Smedley a expliqué que la situation débute d'un point de vue technique et contraint l'équipe à effectuer une rétro-ingénierie si les résultats de la soufflerie et des outils de simulation ne correspondent pas aux performances en piste. Ce processus, a-t-il noté, retarde les travaux de développement ultérieurs qui devraient déjà être en cours en soufflerie.

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