This special Ferrari episode of Mist Apex Podcast is brought to you by Global Poker.

Hey guys, Spaners here. So for the first time in 11 years, and believe me, we've tried,

for the first time in 11 years of podcasting at Mist Apex Podcast, we are speaking to an active and

current member of a team from the strategy department of

Scuderia Ferrari HP. We're joined by Francesco Compello. Hello, Francesco. Welcome to

Miss Apex podcast. Hello Spanors. Can you just start off by telling us what your role is at

Scuderia Ferrari HP.

Yes, I am part of the RO Performance Group,

and within that I am tricide aerodynamicist,

which means I travel to races, actually half of them.

When I'm there, I work on optimizing and monitoring the aerodynamic performance of the car during race events.

And when I'm not doing that, our group focuses, well, of course, on events preparation and analysis,

correlation and auto modeling, amongst other things.

So you go from the factory and then you go to the track and see if it all worked out.

I'd love to ask you all about

that kind of correlation from factory to track.

But first of all,

how do you even get,

it sounds like a dream job

at Scuderia Ferrari?

Was that always your plan?

It wasn't always my plan,

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