It could simply be a small manufacturing or mounting error. I know F1 tolerances are tight, but maybe they let it fly because they had no spares and it was just a short test run at Fiorano. Either that or it's the smallest cooling gill I've ever seen. The latter option almost looks possible if you zoom in really far, it does kind of look sculpted, but that could also be shadows messing with me.Xwang wrote: ↑10 May 2024, 19:38Why it is not smooth (at the same level of the surrounding surfaces) and creates (even if closed) a small step (I would say some millimetres)?dialtone wrote: ↑10 May 2024, 19:23That’s a cooling cover.AR3-GP wrote:What is this line?
https://i.postimg.cc/bJFdnQCY/image.png
I suppose it is to have similar boundary layer behaviour both with open and closed cooling. Do you agree?
But realistically I think it's just a case of a blanking panel that has been poorly manufactured or mounted. Either way it's tiny and will 100% be rectified before Imola if it was unintentional. Remember that Ferrari has historically had some QC issues with new spec parts, like the front wing panel on the SF23 that caved and created a dip in the nose during testing.