Baffled by Red Bull‘s superior velocity on Sunday, Ferrari boss, Mattia Binotto suggests the Austrian crew’s low downforce method “deserves some evaluation”.
At Jeddah, as was the case in Bahrain, the Ferrari appeared to have the sting by way of tempo, although the Italian crew’s high-fuel tempo was unknown going into the Grand Prix as a result of the truth that each drivers had clouted the partitions and had been due to this fact unable to hold out any significant operating.
From the beginning of the weekend, the 2 groups went in numerous instructions by way of downforce, with Ferrari going for a excessive downforce configuration whereas Red Bull went for much less downforce.
On the second day of the weekend Red Bull opted to take off some rear wing and accordingly the RB18’s tempo improved, posting the quickest instances on the speed-trap and permitting Sergio Perez to take pole.
Although quickest within the twisty sections of the Jeddah observe, it was on the straights that the RB18 dominated, and this, mixed with DRS, finally gave Max Verstappen the sting in his cat and mouse battle with Leclerc throughout the race.
“Max was on a barely greater downforce degree on Friday, after which he decreased it,” mentioned Binotto, based on Motorsport.com. “We determined ourselves to remain on a better degree of downforce, as a result of we believed that was necessary for tyre degradation.
“However lastly, within the race, the tyre degradation was little or no,” he added. “I feel that their selection in some way deserves some evaluation from our aspect. However general, it is at all times a compromise. It is solely a matter of particulars and the proper items that may determine the race on the finish.”
Verstappen nevertheless believes the top outcome on Sunday was right down to tyres versus Red Bull taking a step ahead.
“It is tough to say if it is a step ahead,” he mentioned. “However I feel we’re at all times studying, and naturally each observe is totally different as effectively by way of what you want from the automobile, so there are nonetheless numerous issues to take a look at.
“I did not actually really feel that blissful on the medium,” he added. “On a regular basis, once you would get near the automobile forward, the tyres would die. So there was not a lot racing occurring there.
“It was a bit bit irritating to simply sit there and look ahead to the proper lap to pit so you possibly can go onto the opposite tyres, as a result of as quickly as we went on to the exhausting tyre, I had a a lot better feeling.”
