Ferrari introduced a complete set of upgrades to its first of two residence races, which it had shaken down throughout a filming day at Fiorano final week.
The replace lined a number of areas on the automotive, together with the ground, the wings, sidepod and engine cowl, elevating hopes of the tifosi that following McLaren’s leap ahead in Miami with its personal spec replace, Ferrari might be subsequent to problem Pink Bull on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Qualifying on Saturday burst that bubble, with Sainz and team-mate Charles Leclerc overwhelmed by Max Verstappen and each McLaren automobiles.
Leclerc certified two tenths off the Dutchman in fourth, with Sainz nearly half a second in arrears in fifth.
However in keeping with Sainz, who will transfer as much as fourth after Oscar Piastri’s impeding penalty, the brand new package works fully as meant.
“It is labored precisely as we anticipated,” the Spaniard stated. “For some cause everybody anticipated us to be flying this weekend with the brand new package deal.
“I have been seeing numbers of our package deal going round that had been fully out of actuality.
“These days, already to deliver a tenth is an efficient job by your crew. I am not saying we have introduced one, two or half a tenth, however not the numbers individuals had been mentioning.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
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“With that in thoughts, it was all the time going to be tough to take a bounce this weekend as a result of persons are additionally upgrading their automobiles.”
Sainz stated he predicted to battle towards Piastri and Lando Norris as a result of he anticipated Imola to be a “McLaren observe”, with Ferrari on the again foot in its first sector and thru the Variante Alta chicane.
“We’ve come to a McLaren circuit, which is Imola, and I believe it was all the time going to be tough to beat McLaren round right here,” he defined.
Sainz was particularly alarmed by Ferrari’s deficit by way of sector one, saying it was “puzzling how we will be 4 tenths down in a single sector.”
He thought a tailwind from Tamburello to Tosa significantly harm Ferrari’s dealing with, though a considerable a part of the hole to polesitter Verstappen’s was right down to the Pink Bull’s larger high velocity, which was boosted by a tow from Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg.
Leclerc additionally had his personal concept, suggesting to Sky Sports activities Italy that the Pink Bull was in a position to take the kerbs extra aggressively than the Ferraris, which have been struggling in lower-speed corners this season.
“We do not perceive what we’re lacking there [at Tamburello],” he supplied.
“We tried many issues but it surely’s all the time the identical corners that penalise us. It is one thing we all know and work on, it isn’t one thing we uncover now.
“We all know a powerful level of the Pink Bulls is how far they will go on the kerbs. I attempted to take the kerbs, however with our automotive, we won’t do the identical factor proper now.”
Further reporting by Sam Corridor
