Federico Albano’s telemetry speaks clearly. In his usual analysis of qualifying on his pages, Federico Albano commented on Ferrari’s telemetry data: “For the Reds, the straights in the final part of qualifying are a trickle down, with Leclerc burning almost half a second over Russell in the straights alone. Despite the engine in the first step of the ADUO, the differences are still very noticeable and on this type of track they are significantly felt.” From the telemetry our colleague produced of the lap that gave Charles Leclerc second place, it is clear how the Monegasque gradually lost it down the straight, accumulating a delay of almost half a second when only the straight sections are taken into account. Half a second on pole lap of just 66 seconds: a tremendous thing, despite the small step forward in the engine update. Ferrari engine remains Achilles’ heel It must be admitted that in the days leading up to the Austrian Grand Prix, Ferrari stayed far away from making any statements regarding the first update to the power unit of the season. Motorsport director Enrico Gualtieri spoke of a “relatively limited” development that “will not change the values on the field”. And as recently as Friday, team boss Frederic Vasseur also tempered expectations: “There will be no significant step forward.” And they were sincere. Continuing the topic of power units, Lewis Hamilton did not hide his problems at the press conference: “We know that when it comes to tracks with long straights, they will be our Achilles heel for a while. This update is a first step, but we must take a bigger step to reduce the gap with Mercedes.”
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