Ferrari have blamed their wind tunnel for the F150º’s poor pace, suggesting it may not be giving accurate results.
Technical director Aldo Costa revealed to SpeedTV that the data collected at the track wasn’t matching that of the tunnel, and a thorough investigation was underway to solve the problems.
“In the winter development, in the last test, we tested a lot of new components and, as I already said, some of them are not delivering the performance expected,” said Costa.
“So we started an investigation, so we are doing correlation job between the track and the wind tunnel, trying to understand why that should be.”
He hopes the issue will solved by the time the team return for the European rounds. They will immediately fly home after the Chinese GP this weekend to begin three weeks of development work.
“We think that, by Turkey, we should be able to answer all our questions,” he said confidently.
The Italian also spoke about the senior personnel trip back to Maranello between the Malaysian and Chinese rounds, denying it was an emergency meeting.
“It was not an emergency going back to Maranello, it was already programmed.
“Of course, we have to catch up. We are quite behind, as we have seen in the first two races, so, at home, people are really motivated to progress,” he added.
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