These pics are from last week's 1st Bahrain test. They are not pics from today.
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Yes I think so.organic wrote: ↑18 Feb 2026, 09:47Yea it's a blown diffuser, no?
https://i.ibb.co/2fBD17n/20260218-074518.jpg
Can this be copied by others before Race 1?organic wrote: ↑18 Feb 2026, 09:47Yea it's a blown diffuser, no?
https://i.ibb.co/2fBD17n/20260218-074518.jpg
Looks like it's a whole thing with the floor, they would need to be making it now, no way you can make and ship a floor with 15 days to go.
No.
With car taking corners at much higher RPM for harvesting purpose + harder spool up of the turbo/anti-lag, exhaust gases should be exiting faster at low-speed corner now. Question is what kind of flow are they targeting, are they working the lower rear wing support harder, somewhat extending the general height of the diffuser?organic wrote: ↑18 Feb 2026, 09:47Yea it's a blown diffuser, no?
https://i.ibb.co/2fBD17n/20260218-074518.jpg
These are the things I would expect from Ferrari. They're always incredibly innovative, especially on new regulation cycles. Not sure about this being hard to copy yet, but it's certainly very smart considering that it plays right into the regulation's nature of running higher revs through corners.organic wrote: ↑18 Feb 2026, 09:47Yea it's a blown diffuser, no?
https://i.ibb.co/2fBD17n/20260218-074518.jpg
they should redesign all the rear because the position of the aero device is linked to that of the rear axle i.e. the differential
It will be very difficult to copy. Notice how narrow Ferrari's exhaust pipe is compared to the Mercedes and RBPT. Smaller pipe carries higher gas velocity so even the engine concept was designed to push the highest velocity jet of air at the winglet. The engine was tuned for this narrow pipe. There's a lot of details here that will be very difficult for anyone else to get working nearly as effectively. Engines and exhaust will be homolagated in 12 days.Emag wrote: ↑18 Feb 2026, 10:58
These are the things I would expect from Ferrari. They're always incredibly innovative, especially on new regulation cycles. Not sure about this being hard to copy yet, but it's certainly very smart considering that it plays right into the regulation's nature of running higher revs through corners.
I see. They will likely carry some advantage in this area for the whole season then. It's similar to how the SF70H high sidepods were pretty much impossible to copy in-season as they required the whole chassis to be designed a certain way. I can see this being way "easier" laptime though, as Ferrari are "free" to chase gains elsewhere as well.AR3-GP wrote: ↑18 Feb 2026, 11:05It will be very difficult to copy. Notice how narrow Ferrari's exhaust pipe is compared to the Mercedes and RBPT. Smaller pipe carries higher gas velocity so even the engine concept was designed to push the highest velocity jet of air at the winglet. The engine was tuned for this narrow pipe. There's a lot of details here that will be very difficult for anyone else to get working nearly as effectively. Engines and exhaust will be homolagated in 12 days.Emag wrote: ↑18 Feb 2026, 10:58
These are the things I would expect from Ferrari. They're always incredibly innovative, especially on new regulation cycles. Not sure about this being hard to copy yet, but it's certainly very smart considering that it plays right into the regulation's nature of running higher revs through corners.
That's before we get to the position of the rear differential with respect to the winglet, which Ferrari also moved to enable this solution. No one is going to be able to copy this.
https://i.postimg.cc/vB4d7N1F/image.png
https://x.com/Graftechweb/status/202404 ... 92/photo/1It seems that the plate near the exhaust is also present in the lower section of the car. An interesting detail that could have implications for heat management and rear-end aerodynamics.
