Ferrari drivers unhappy with the car after experimenting day at Silverstone

Ferrari racers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were left unimpressed by the performance of the SF-24 after the opening day at the British Grand Prix with both drivers complaining about the balance of their car.

Since it introduced a comprehensive package of upgrades at Barcelona, Ferrari has suffered from bouncing in the high-speed corners.

So severe were the issues that the Scuderia came up with an unusual programme for the opening day at the British Grand Prix. It involved collecting data and running comparison tests of different configurations.

The aim was to continue acquiring information relating to the behaviour of the updates introduced two races ago in Spain. To provide the team with as much data as possible, making the most of the fact that the rain held off for almost all of the two hours of track time, it was decided to bring forward a comparison between pre and post-Barcelona configurations.

Leclerc ran the car in Austria spec, while Sainz went back to the one used in Canada.

In the afternoon, when the track was at its quickest, the Monegasque was the faster of the two, although the difference was not that big.

The six-time F1 race winner had a couple of moments in the high-speed corners which was seemingly down to bouncing again.

Speaking of his challenging day, Leclerc added: "We got a lot of testing done today and will analyse all the data we gathered to draw some comparisons and take steps forward as a team.

"For now, we are not fully satisfied and will be working flat out to solve any issues quickly in order to have a good qualifying tomorrow," noted the Monegasque.

Carlos Sainz looked slightly more comfortable behind the wheel of his SF-24, but he stressed that Ferrari will need to put the best package together for the rest of the weekend.

"An interesting Friday for us as the aim today was to gather useful data to give us a complete picture about our car. Objective achieved, and now we need to analyze everything in order to be ready for tomorrow.

"We need to make some decisions, but I think we can position ourselves in a decent spot this weekend," concluded Sainz.