Although the pre-season is not over yet, the strongest teams are already being identified and Ferrari seems to be the reference for many. Mercedes driver George Russell is one of them.
There is no doubt that it is still too early to establish a grid order for the 2022 season of Formula 1but the good performance of Ferrari is still newsworthy and some of their rivals have already pointed to them as one of the references this season.
At the moment, the Ferrari F1-75 He has been reliable and fast, which has caught the attention of what should be one of his direct rivals this year: George Russell. “At the moment, Ferrari seems stronger with each stint on low fuel, and on consecutive laps it’s very solid.”affirms without hesitation the Mercedes driver.
very different designs
One of the surprises of the season is the disparity of designs with a more restrictive regulation than in previous seasons, which shows that Formula 1 engineers are always capable of going further.
“If you look at the Ferrari concept, it’s very different to what we have at Mercedes and what Red Bull has.so time will tell, it is an unknown, “acknowledges George Russell.
In any case, it is likely that there will be changes during the season, as the room for improvement of these new cars is quite large. “I think all the teams are trying to improve and increase downforce. The pace of development is brutal for all the teams, and I think we will see it over the course of the year.”.
“These new rules arrived for this course, but we look up and down the grid. Our car, the Red Bull, Ferrari, even the Williams, they have drastic differences, so it’s great to see”concludes a George Russell who is aware that it will not be easy for Mercedes to lead Formula 1 again in this new regulatory era.
Ferrari is one of the teams that has already solved its problems of pouringso he is already focusing on improving the set-up and extracting performance from his car.
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