Former HAAS workforce principal Günther Steiner has spoken once more about Ferrari’s brake issues encountered throughout the latest System 1 race in Singapore. In the course of the Grand Prix, Ferrari confronted a big brake subject that affected each Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton from the very first laps. The drivers had been repeatedly instructed to make use of lift-and-coast strategies to forestall extreme overheating. Nonetheless, this technique compromised their total race. Regardless of all precautions, Lewis Hamilton completed the Grand Prix extra as a passenger in his automotive than as an lively contender. However why has Ferrari needed to cope with this subject from Australia to Singapore? Günther Steiner tried to offer an evidence.
The true Ferrari drawback undermining driver confidence
Günther Steiner mentioned Ferrari’s difficulties on the podcast The Purple Flags, highlighting how the Singapore race emphasised these issues. In line with Günther Steiner, the difficulty was not associated to the brake provider however fairly to the cooling system. He defined: “I don’t know precisely what occurred. Normally, what occurs — and I don’t wish to state it as a reality — is that they merely didn’t cool the brakes sufficient in Singapore, you see? You possibly can regulate the cooling, the quantity of air directed to the brakes. So it has nothing to do with the brake provider. I feel in Singapore it was extra a cooling subject than an issue with the brakes themselves.”
Lewis Hamilton had acknowledged from the beginning that he wanted time to adapt to the brand new SF-25 braking system, because it differs from what he utilized in Mercedes. For Günther Steiner, that is primarily a matter of getting used to the brakes, however it could possibly have a profound influence on efficiency and driver confidence: “Lewis [Hamilton] just isn’t accustomed to these brakes; he’s used to one thing else and can’t adapt. For a driver, brakes are the a part of the automotive that builds confidence. It’s logical: in the event you don’t understand how efficient your brakes are, you’ll be able to’t push to the restrict since you don’t know what to anticipate. And this may significantly undermine confidence.”
Günther Steiner didn’t mince phrases, including: “There’s all the time one thing, you see? And that’s why they haven’t gained a championship shortly. As you mentioned, the automotive is sort of good, it’s not unhealthy… however there’s all the time one thing that goes incorrect.”
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