Ferrari admits it was too conservative with its approach in Portimao WEC after losing out to Toyota by a full lap.
Ferrari has admitted that it was probably too conservative in its approach to last weekend’s Portimao round of the World Endurance Championship.Racing and test manager Giuliano Salvi conceded that the Italian manufacturer and the factory AF Corse team could have “pushed a bit more” on the second race outing for the 499P Le Mans Hypercar despite claiming second place with the entry shared by Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina.
“At Sebring we were probably not nursing the tyres enough, but here at the end of the day we probably could have pushed more,” said Salvi. “In hindsight maybe we went too far the other way, but every time we put the car on the ground we learn something.Motorsport Images The cautious approach in Portugal also resulted from a need accrue miles on a design that didn’t hit the race track until last July.“Every time we see the chequer for us it means tons of data.He also explained that there is also still a requirement to “nurse the car a bit because it is complicated and still brand new”.
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