Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari’s downforce and cornering gains have come to the detriment of the SF1000’s speed on the straights.
Last year, cornering speed was a specific weakness of the Scuderia’s SF90 while the car was as fast as a bullet down the straights.
Ferrari’s engineers subsequently worked hard to improve the downforce qualities of its 2020 contender. But the improvements have led to a trade-off which has hurt the top speed of the SF1000 which Vettel now feels is “draggy”.
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“We can feel the car is better, I think Sector 3 feels better,” Vettel said, echoing comments made yesterday by teammate Charles Leclerc.
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“We also know that it does come with a trade. We still have some work to do, we are slower than we want down the straights because we are a bit draggy.
“We are aware of that, but the objective was to put more downforce on the car which I think we did.
“Sector 3 does feel better, but obviously getting out of Sector 3 and down to Turn 1 doesn’t feel as good as last year.
“Certainly in the corners is where you feel the difference, and where we improved, but it looks like others are even a bit faster. That’s where we are I guess. There’s a lot of work to do.”
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