Fab55 wrote: ↑27 Feb 2020, 14:38
Today's tests confirm what has already been observed on page 20. The SF 1000 suffers very useless drag. The vents on the sidepods reject the inflow as the packaging of radiant bodies and exchangers placed inside the sidepods is too dense and not sufficiently permeable. Alfa Romeo's ears avoid this problem as the flow part from the airscope slides under the skin to the back, skipping the first stumbling block given by the main radiators. Top speed SF 1000 307KM/H while the Alfa Romeo over 320 KM/H and Ferrari had to reduce the rear wing lift with the spoon wing.
If the problem was this clear cut, and so black and white and obvious that YOU understand it, Ferrari would understand it even better.
And they'd be engineering a fix to it as I type. So no worries then!
Don't get me wrong: I think the car is slow and has issues intrinsic to its design. I just doubt the problem is precisely what you describe.