Ferrari make upgrades decision for Imola

Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto says that it is unlikely the Scuderia will bring any upgrades to their car for round four of the championship at Imola.

The Prancing Horse has bolted out of the start gate at some speed and it’s Charles Leclerc who has benefitted most with him leading the Drivers’ standings by 34 points at this early stage of the campaign.

Certainly, it could not have gone much better for the team in 2022 so far but the development rate this year is expected to be big given the all-new cars, and so they must keep working on ways to improve the F1-75.

That said, and with the European season on the way with its tendency for teams to introduce upgrades, it’s going to be interesting to see who brings what to Imola next weekend.

Ferrari, though, are set to avoid any big changes, according to Binotto, as he feels the Sprint format – returning for 2022 – will reduce the amount of time the team has to evaluate how well any big upgrades are working.

He said to Autosport:

“I think it will be a difficult weekend in respect of bringing updates and trying to evaluate them in the Friday practice, because you need obviously to focus yourself on the quali of the afternoon.

“If we will look at ourselves, there will not be much in Imola because again, we believe it will not be the right place.

“But we will try to mitigate the issues we have got still so far. I’m thinking of the porpoising and the bouncing that has affected our performance over the weekend.

“So we again try to work on that specific point. But, for the upgrades and more, let me say significant ones, it will be for later on in the season.”