Ferrari confident after Vairano test
3 May, 2011
May 3 (GMM) Ferrari is reportedly on the road to recovery after getting to the bottom of a wind tunnel problem that has affected development of the 2011 car so far this season.
It had been reported that a calibration problem with the team’s Maranello wind tunnel had forced engineers to turn to Toyota’s state-of-the-art facility in Cologne with a view to recovering before the F1 world championship is lost.
Felipe Massa drove the Ferrari 150 Italia car for a filming day at Fiorano last week, but the 2011 model was also tested on the long straight at Vairano.
Auto Motor und Sport reports that, since early April, the team have split the development of the car into two parallel programmes: normal ongoing development and getting to the bottom of the wind tunnel problem.
Test driver Jules Bianchi was at the wheel of the car’s Istanbul upgrade at Vairano, south of Milan, last Thursday, and according to the German magazine the package should now “reflect on the track what is promised by the factory” and what was expected after impressive preseason testing.
Among the new parts that are expected to be bolted on and work effectively in Turkey this weekend are new front and rear wings and brake ducts, with floor and exhaust parts in the pipeline for Barcelona and Monaco.
A confident Fernando Alonso is quoted as saying, “McLaren did it, we can too.”
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