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Ferrari senior performance engineer Jock Clear has outlined the root of the Scuderia’s upgrade problems earlier in the F1 season – and why he is confident it will not happen again.
Ferrari’s senior performance engineer, Jock Clear, recently explained the struggles the team faced with its upgrades earlier in the season. Despite initial success at Imola and Monaco, further developments introduced at the Spanish Grand Prix caused issues for drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz due to increased bouncing. Clear acknowledged a misstep in their development path under current ground-effect regulations, hindering performance gains on track despite improved downforce. The team had to revert part of the package to the specifications used in their recent Monza victory. Clear emphasized the challenge of correlating development models with real-world performance and highlighted the increase in data availability to address and prevent similar issues in future races. Moving forward, Ferrari aims to mitigate such problems on high downforce tracks towards the end of the season with better-prepared models and improved performance.
