I think its hard to say which concept leaves room for more developement, but i think its the Ferrari-Concept that has greater chances for developement. Its is a new concept. The "micro-sidepod-concept" is something that was developed for many years. So i do not think there really are greater chances for developement with a concept that is already in place for a few years. That may also be the reason why Mercedes had to go radical with this design. History says that with a new technical regulary, its the new concept that usually wins. It also seems more appropriate to me to drive the floor with the rear- and beamwing(what Ferrari is doing). Not with more air over the diffusor(what Mercedes is doing). I also think it says a lot that Haas had "hidden" their real sidepod-design(very similar to the one of Ferrari), presenting the car with small sidepods, then going for sidepods very close to the Ferrari-design...its probably also not a coincident that the only two teams(Mercedes and Williams) with the "old"-sidepod concept suffered the most from porpoising.pantherxxx wrote: ↑13 Mar 2022, 02:43In Maranello the configuration of the mini-sidepods was studied, put in the wind tunnel in a comparison with the side hollowed out in the upper part and the result was noticed to favour a car with more volume than the no-look ones.
Ferrari, therefore, in the first phase of the single-seater development work could take advantage of its sinuous shapes: the partial loss of downforce due to the lifting of the floor from the track to avoid bouncing, seems to be partly compensated by the load and the sidepods are able to produce.
The Maranello engineers, therefore, are confident in a good adaptability of the F1-75 car, in the belief that the double-floor single-seaters are easier to develop, while there are those who argue that the mini-sidepods may have greater chances of development, but require a longer work on the set-up.
The feeling is that in Maranello, although they are still on the third day of testing, they are already working as if this was a Grand Prix weekend: Ferraru is not looking for the times to chase a pole position which is not in the plans even next Saturday, but rather to find the best race pace while understanding the Pirelli tires that will be available.
Ferrari shows sincere behavior: porpoising is well controlled thanks to the adoption of the floor copied from Mclaren and the Brembo system developed on the F1-75 allows the drivers, Charles Laclerc and Carlos Sainz, not to have to deal with the frequent brake locks in the front which deteriorate the tires.
But what do i know? And this is more a personal opinion, just based on observations and history, not based on a technical analysis. So maybe i am totally wrong.