Components 2 groups ran the primary examples of their new chassis for the 2024 season on the Circuit de Catalunya at the moment.
Every of the 11 groups ran a single automotive every, shared between 20 drivers who’ve been confirmed for the upcoming season which can start on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit in February.
Victor Martins, who was lately confirmed as one in all ART’s drivers this 12 months, mentioned there have been no issues with the automotive on its first run.
“We had run plan to get a primary feeling of how the automotive is dealing with in corners and the way it behaves,” he mentioned. “Every little thing went high-quality with no reliability points. It’s a really optimistic begin.”
The brand new automotive options an extensively revised aerodynamics bundle together with a dramatically sculpted rear wing. “In the present day was additionally about checking the aerodynamics as a result of that’s the most important change in comparison with the earlier automotive, and to begin engaged on set-up that will likely be related for after we go to Bahrain,” mentioned Martins. “We additionally checked that all the pieces is working correctly on the automotive.
“In fact, the objective is to go step-by-step, not injury the automotive and take advantage of out of the monitor time to develop and take a look at various things, however I pushed additionally. I prefer it when immediately, you’ll be able to push, you get the boldness. Truthfully, I’m glad. It’s the primary morning of the brand new season and it went nicely. I introduced the automotive to the restrict sooner or later, and I may really feel I’ve automotive below me.”
The groups logged over 3,000 kilometres of operating between them, amounting to 649 laps of the monitor which hosts the Spanish Grand Prix. F2 will race there in June.
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Components 2’s technical director Pierre-Alain Michot was happy by the quantity of operating groups have been capable of conduct.
“The aim of this shakedown was for the groups to grasp how the brand new automotive operates, to make it possible for all techniques are working high-quality collectively and to grasp how all the pieces behaves,” he mentioned. “We arequite proud of the operating achieved at the moment. The groups have been capable of full quite a lot of mileage which is an effective first step.
“The primary milestone was reached with all of the vehicles hitting the monitor this morning when the lights turned inexperienced. It was essential to see them straight out of the field, it was fairly an emotional second. And the second optimistic step was having all of them return to the pits with none subject.”
He was particularly inspired by the shortage of any interruption of their operating. “There have been no pink flags, which implies that all vehicles have carried out as anticipated whereas the groups are studying the right way to work with this new machine.”
Testing will proceed in Bahrain with every crew operating a pair of vehicles.
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