Scuderia Ferrari know they must bounce back this weekend at the Canadian Grand Prix, after their dismal double DNF in Azerbaijan last weekend. This weekend’s race in Canada is the first since 2019, due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Following their Baku agony, Ferrari now sit eighty-points behind Oracle Red Bull Racing, meaning that another slip-up this weekend could put their Austrian rivals out of sight. The same has to be said for Charles Leclerc, who after retiring from two of the last three races is now thirty-four-points behind Max Verstappen.
Ahead of the important weekend at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari’s Track Electronics Manager, Paolo Pierro, explained what his role in the famous team is.
“I’m in charge of electronics at the track. I see to the management of all electronics over the race weekend and during the preparation period. In practical terms, I coordinate the activities of the personnel who look after the electronics, which covers all the electrical components on the car (sensors, actuators, cabled and wireless communications), operation and programming of the strategy software, work on low level control in the car and managing the controls for the start.
“But electronics is also the communication systems to and from the car, between all the engineers and mechanics, as well as the telemetry systems on the car and transmitting images to Formula 1. Electronics also impacts on the work in the garage with the interface and supply to the car, as well as the electronics for the pit-stops”.