The Italian producer revealed within the aftermath of spherical two of the 2024 WEC that it had misinterpreted the climate forecast it acquired and that there was additionally a breakdown within the chain of command throughout the group on the essential level of the six hours when rain arrived.
The explanation why Ferrari pitted for moist tyres 4 laps after nearly all of the remainder of the Hypercar area two thirds of the best way by means of the race was that it believed the rain was “simply non permanent”, stated race and testing supervisor Giuliano Salvi.
Salvi defined that Ferrari had been anticipating the rain earlier and that it had began to mistrust the forecast.
“Generally you have a look at the radar and also you assume it ought to rain and it doesn’t, and also you cease counting on the sign,” he stated.
“We thought it was the sort of scenario the place you don’t have to depend on the radar an excessive amount of.
“We misjudged the scenario, that is clear.
“We’re not attempting to cover something as a result of it was a transparent mistake.”
Salvi additionally revealed that it had been planning to separate the methods on the 2 manufacturing facility Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars, with one going onto wets earlier and one staying on dry-weather slick tyres.
“We have to perceive this strategy to break up didn’t undergo,” he stated.
“In the meanwhile there has not been the time to see and perceive [what happened].
“We have to revise our chain of communication as a result of we missed sure eventualities — we have to revise our procedures.”
Ferrari dominated at Imola for greater than half the period of the six-hour race after claiming a 1-2-3 in qualifying with the 2 manufacturing facility automobiles break up by the client satellite tv for pc group additionally run by AF Corse.
The race turned on the finish of the fourth hour when the rain got here and AF Corse opted to go away James Calado and Miguel Molina within the manufacturing facility automobiles and Yifei Ye within the impartial entry out on monitor on slicks.
It solely reacted when it turned clear that the automobiles on the wet-weather Michelin tyre had been a lot faster: Kamui Kobayashi was upwards of 10s a lap quicker than the three Ferraris within the race-winning Toyota GR010 HYBRID LMH.
The very best of the Ferraris at this level of the race, the #51 automotive with Calado on the wheel, was practically 90s behind the race-leading Toyota after its delayed pitstop.
Salvi tried to emphasize the positives of the Imola weekend for Ferrari, which recovered to take a finest results of fourth with its #50 manufacturing facility entry shared by Nicklas Nielsen, Molina and Antonio Fuoco.
He stated that the group had made actual progress since its uncompetitive displaying on the Qatar season opener in March.
“For certain we developed the automotive in a correct method – the automotive was behaving very effectively,” defined Salvi.
He additionally insisted that there can be no blame apportioned inside Ferrari for the errors on the weekend: “We’re not pointing the finger in any method.
“We’re the identical group that received the Le Mans 24 Hours final 12 months as newcomers – we win collectively and we lose collectively.”