Romeo Ferraris to continue working on Giulietta TCR traction issues

The Romeo Ferraris built Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR scored two more points today in the hands of Michela Cerruti, who scored a ninth place in Race 2 at Oschersleben, Germany. Despite some good progress compared to the struggles of the beginning of the season, Romeo Ferraris owner Mario Ferraris is still not fully happy with the Giulietta, which needs more work.

“For sure we have made some good improvements, but we still are not where we want to be,” said the Italian to TouringCarTimes. “We are racers, so the goal is to fight at the front. I think our biggest weakness was top speed, which is now fixed as we worked a lot since we took a few weeks off after Estoril.”

Tweaks to the engine and the aerodynamics made the Giulietta more competitive: “We fought with the others today, and I have to say that Michela (Cerruti) drove really well today. We are there in the mix, I think the design changes at the front and the work we have done on the engine have done their job properly. It is time now to focus on something else.”

According to Ferraris, a racing driver himself, the main issue is now traction: “Out of the corners we have too much wheelspin, we need to fix that somehow. That’s the point where we are going to put our attention, and I’m sure we will make more and more progress as we go along. Fulìn was a good help and he is quick, although he failed to finish in all of the races he did with us. He’s not been lucky so far.”

Romeo Ferraris are said to be putting the new 2.0 turbo engine featured on the Giulia in the car, but Mario Ferraris clarified: “We will only change the engine if we are sure we are going to improve the power. The positioning in the Giulia is different from the Giulietta, for instance, and that alone would require a lot of work. It depends on the road going version, we will only work on it if we are sure we will gain an advantage, otherwise it would be a waste. I don’t think power is an issue anymore, anyway.”

Michela Cerruti’s score is up to three points, although she stopped on track when she was eighth in the first race at Oschersleben.