If you look at the full length videos you can very clearly tell how difficult the SF-23 was to drive in comparison, especially out of the low speed corners. The Charles Leclerc SF-23 filming day will should show you how much he was struggling to drive the car out of T2,T6,T12 taking 3-4 stabs at the wheel before the car turning with akward snaps on entry.Vanja #66 wrote: ↑16 Feb 2024, 17:52Seen it earlier today, it's no wonder they were both eager to try it out on track. Even if it's more shakedown and getting to feel the car than actual testing, both of them were always faster than with SF-23. That one must have been a real handful, even if it was quite fast over one lap.
It is however worth noting that Fiorano was resurfaced since then. The SF24 looked leaps and bounds better out of the slower corners in comparison to the SF23 but could partially be a result of the resurfacing.
Another thing I've noticed is how softly sprung the cars are during fiorano test and in addition to that they always run the really low. I hazard guess they are trying to stress compaonents as much as possible.