Jul.25 (GMM) Charles Leclerc shouldn’t be feeling assured forward of this weekend’s Belgian GP.
The Ferrari driver really gained at Spa-Francorchamps in 2019, and he additionally noticed the chequered flag first earlier this 12 months in Monaco.
However since then, and particularly since a brand new flooring was launched in Barcelona, the Maranello based mostly staff has been grappling with the return of the bottom impact phenomenon often known as ‘porpoising’ or bouncing.
Ferrari made a tweak to the design for Hungary, however even staff boss Frederic Vasseur admits he isn’t certain if the bouncing solely improved there as a result of the circuit is low-speed.
“Spa will enable us to confirm if we now have finished job over the previous few weeks to mitigate the unwanted side effects in excessive velocity corners of the replace bundle we launched not too long ago,” mentioned the Frenchman.
“Now we’ll see if we now have mounted it at excessive velocity tracks too,” Vasseur added.
Leclerc, who has typically struggled with the 2024 automobile greater than Carlos Sainz, shouldn’t be assured.
When requested if he and Ferrari would possibly once more be Monaco-like favourites within the Belgian GP or past, the 26-year-old driver answered: “If we proceed like this with this automobile, I don’t suppose so.
“Monaco stays a really, very particular circuit. Simply because we had been robust there doesn’t imply we’ll be quick someplace else. So on paper, we’re not favourites anyplace.”
Nonetheless, Leclerc admitted that the ground tweak in Hungary final week was a transparent enchancment. “The understanding of the ground is certainly transferring in the precise path,” he confirmed.
“Nonetheless, the bouncing of the automobile stays a problem that’s troublesome to unravel. We’re making progress, however I count on it to be a problem once more at Spa.”
