The 7% reference is misleading. That's +7% over a conventional tight sidepod design which Ferrari have tested. We don't know if that +7% stands even for the design that Mercedes has come up with. In that regard it could be the same, just a bit better, or even just a bit worse.Jakxy wrote: ↑19 Feb 2022, 14:42+%7 DF is great number. But what is going to cost at the straights? I mean we know that engine is not weak as back in 2020 but… being sitting duck at straights was painful enough after 2019.pantherxxx wrote: ↑19 Feb 2022, 13:55According to Motorsport Italy (from Maranello sources) Ferrari believes that their unique sidepod design makes 7% more downforce at the back of the car, than a more conventional tighter sidepod design. It will be up to the track to confirm these data.
Like the Aston Martin, Ferrari tries to dissipate the warm but already processed air generated during the cooling of the power unit. Judging by the design of the gills, they don't necessarily try to direct it to the top of the diffuser, but to the rear wing and above the diffuser. The latter theory is also indicated by the fact that the opening of the swingarms of the rear suspension was cleverly shaped by Ferrari as a miniature spoiler.
This is certainly the distinguishing mark of a project that was deliberated after a long and careful study: the project coordinator, Enrico Cardile, and the aerodynamic leader, David Sanchez, had the opportunity to work with plenty of time on the ground-effect single-seater project, discriminating the different solutions to converge on the double bottom concept with the variants created in Maranello.
So I wouldn't read too much on that number.