Ferrari has shown impressive pace with its 499P in the WEC so far, but the Italian manufacturer concedes it still has some lessons to learn about tyre degradation heading into today's Portimao race.
Ferrari has conceded that it still has lessons to learn about tyre degradation with its new 499P Le Mans Hypercar heading into Sunday’s Portimao World Endurance Championship round.The Italian manufacturer remains on a steep learning curve despite undertaking more than six months of testing with the 499P, according to sportscar race and testing manager Giuliano Salvi.
“When we were developing the car most of the time we were not in the right temperature window and the tracks were not rubbered-in properly because we were the only team on track,” he told Motorsport.com. “You have a certain amount of deg, and you say, is that coming from us badly managing the tyres or is coming from these tyres on this track layout?
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