Ferrari conducted ‘film day’ at Mugello last week as they prepare to take the fight to Mercedes at the forthcoming Spanish Grand Prix.
Speedweek report that the outing was more akin to a test than a promotional filming day with both Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen in attendance.
Formula 1 rules allow teams to conduct two film days per season, in which cars cannot cover more than 100 km and must use hard tyres with little resemblance to the rubber on offer currently from Pirelli.
Typically it is a time when teams shoot footage and take photos of their cars and drivers for promotional purposes.
But Ferrari are said to be working overtime to address their tardy starts, a factor that may have cost them the race at the Russian Grand Prix.
Despite qualifying one-two for the race at Sochi, a first Ferrari front row since 2008, both Vettel and Raikkonen were slow off the line while Mercedes driver Valterri Bottas out-dragged them into Turn 2 and went on to win the race.
Stung buy this it appears that the Maranello outfit have used the filming day at Mugello to allow their drivers to practice starts.
Vettel hinted at the teams concerns when he spoke to media after the race in Sochi, “Now it’s going to Europe, I see ourselves on top with Mercedes. Everything is going according to plan. Barcelona was good for us in testing, since then the car has become better. Unfortunately we have a long drag to the first corner there…”
Ferrari head to Spain one point adrift of Mercedes in the constructors’ championship standings, while Vettel heads up the drivers’ points table.
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