Some rumours about the new Ferrari for 2023 :
https://scuderiafans.com/revealed-first ... -optimism/
https://racingnews365.com/first-details ... vealed/amp
https://scuderiafans.com/everything-we- ... oject-675/
Why is it presumed that the shark fin will shrink?Vanja #66 wrote: ↑31 Dec 2022, 11:28Thanks for sharing Andi, here are the illustrations from those articles
https://c.cdnmp.net/173493588/content/F ... vealed.png
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/raci ... 1671209971
Could they not have done this last season, I thought the sidepods were mostly empty in that area?Vanja #66 wrote: ↑31 Dec 2022, 11:28Thanks for sharing Andi, here are the illustrations from those articles
https://c.cdnmp.net/173493588/content/F ... vealed.png
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/raci ... 1671209971
Since all the rumours have been about evolution with slight changes and add-ons, we can trust this will be the case in the end. Interesting rumour about cannon-vent in the rear. Having placed it so close to rear wing, RB benefited from slight pressure increase on the upper half, therefore adding a bit of downforce. Usually these vents are just a drag penalty. I can see Ferrari using it on 675, we'll see.
The sidepod design is also part of the floor stiffness. Maybe it was to much of a changethe EDGE wrote: ↑01 Jan 2023, 00:55Could they not have done this last season, I thought the sidepods were mostly empty in that area?Vanja #66 wrote: ↑31 Dec 2022, 11:28Thanks for sharing Andi, here are the illustrations from those articles
https://c.cdnmp.net/173493588/content/F ... vealed.png
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/raci ... 1671209971
Since all the rumours have been about evolution with slight changes and add-ons, we can trust this will be the case in the end. Interesting rumour about cannon-vent in the rear. Having placed it so close to rear wing, RB benefited from slight pressure increase on the upper half, therefore adding a bit of downforce. Usually these vents are just a drag penalty. I can see Ferrari using it on 675, we'll see.
What has had to be altered on the car to allow for this change?
No idea, error I think.
Internal flow and cooling was arranged in a completely different manner, so it would have been hard to make such a big change. If this turns out to be the truth, we can expect slight rearrangement of cooling elements.
as we’ve already seen it seems the cost cap is detrimental to closer racing not aiding.
Even if i am not a friend of the cost cap (i think F1 should be a "technological warfare" without limitations)- i don't agree with what you say. Without the cost cap, the big teams could literally make hundreds of changes every race, while the smaller teams could not. So the gap would get even bigger. With the cost cap, everyone has the same money to spend. So its about efficiency in developement and how good your "tools" and people are. At the end of the day there is a higher possibility that, within a few years, there will be a closer grid. Without a cost cap, "the rich teams" can always throw additional money and people on a problem, without any chance for the others to catch up.
You mean more undercut.FDD wrote: ↑03 Jan 2023, 15:31I think that Ferrari will elongate outwash element at front lower portion of the sidepod, something similar to RB and they already do that this year with a little extent only, since that major rearrangement of cooling system and chassis is needed for bigger changes in that area.
Depends where the undercut is, its not quite unambiguous. In either case, I think we will see both slightly streamlined (halfway to RB-like design) cutout under the intakes and also slightly shorter minimum width of sidepods near the floor.aleks_ader wrote: ↑03 Jan 2023, 20:56You mean more undercut.
But that could not be possible due different coke bottle treatment that Ferrari has.
Its good question witch one is best solution.