racingnews365.com·
Ferrari anticipate 'very intense' period after Barcelona shakedown findings
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur is expecting his squad to
endure a “very intense” period as it pores over the data collected
from the Barcelona shakedown. The Italian outfit completed three
days of running at the event earlier this week, taking to the track
on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. It tallied up 435 laps across the
shakedown, trailing only Mercedes for the most mileage at the
event. Lewis Hamilton walked away with the fastest lap of the week
- a morale booster for Ferrari, despite lap times being largely
irrelevant at this stage. Outlining what's upcoming on Ferrari's
agenda, Vasseur said: “Next week, we'll be back at home. “It will
be very intense to have a look at what we collected the last couple
of days, all the data, all the improvements that we have to do.”
The Ferrari car will return to the track in Bahrain in just over
one week's time for the first of two pre-season tests at the
location. There, teams are likely to turn up the wick on their
cars, which could create a clearer picture of the pecking order. As
Ferrari prepares for the test, Vasseur asserted there are many
items the Maranello-based squad will seek to get through. “We have
tons of open topics for Bahrain,” he said. “In Bahrain, you have
two times three [test] days. “As usual, it will be very intense
because it is just before race one, then we'll fly to Melbourne.
“It will probably be much more representative in Bahrain than it
was this week.”
