Ferrari SF21

[gordonthegun]

A close view to Ferrari diffuser (and its damage):


And to the floor:

[mzso]

So how does the half shaft on the other side fail? How does that makes sense?
What the hell were they analyzing between qualifying and the race, seeing it was immediately obvious that something was broken as soon as the car started rolling?

[Big Tea]

So how does the half shaft on the other side fail? How does that makes sense?
What the hell were they analyzing between qualifying and the race, seeing it was immediately obvious that something was broken as soon as the car started rolling?

Possibly the wheel that side was airborne when the impact happened and it acted like a slide-hammer.

[PhillipM]

Impact transferred through the diff and brinelled the balls/rollers on the tripod probably.

They would have picked the vibration up on the sensors.

[Just_a_fan]

So how does the half shaft on the other side fail? How does that makes sense?
What the hell were they analyzing between qualifying and the race, seeing it was immediately obvious that something was broken as soon as the car started rolling?

Possibly the wheel that side was airborne when the impact happened and it acted like a slide-hammer.

The left rear was on the ground with the brake locked. One can see tyre smoke as it slides across the ground just before impact at about 41 seconds in to this video.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/vide ... 88951.html

[gordonthegun]

Ferrari has chosen the most advanced (and risky) project for the 2022 engine, the Superfast, that will stay the same for 3 years.
Turbo and compressor spaced apart and new combustion chambers and air inlets to generate a better turbolence for an even faster combustion with an evolved Mahle Jet-Ignition.
Only the most extreme ideas (which ones?) have been discarded not to exaggerate the unreliability risk.

Anyway, also this year engine has shown unexpected development potential, even without changing the hardware and it should improve throughout the season.

https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-fe ... o/6525035/

[Morteza]

[amr]

https://imgr1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/F ... 785091.jpg
https://imgr1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/F ... 785092.jpg
FW with a little dip in the top element like last years model.

https://imgr1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/F ... 785089.jpg

the top element of the FW looks trimmed like last year, with a sudden widening where the ss of "Mission" is

Not new, is been there for some time, but the width of the flap might hide the cut at different circuits

[gordonthegun]

Baku front wing from a different view:

[wowgr8]

Ferrari has chosen the most advanced (and risky) project for the 2022 engine, the Superfast, that will stay the same for 3 years.
Turbo and compressor spaced apart and new combustion chambers and air inlets to generate a better turbolence for an even faster combustion with an evolved Mahle Jet-Ignition.
Only the most extreme ideas (which ones?) have been discarded not to exaggerate the unreliability risk.

Anyway, also this year engine has shown unexpected development potential, even without changing the hardware and it should improve throughout the season.

https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-fe ... o/6525035/

https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/amp ... tail-1.jpg

Nugnes said the 2021 engine, the one in the current car is what would be the "superfast", now he says it's next year? His rumours make for good articles but he's talking out of his backside. It also seems a big risk to go split turbo along with the other risks they'd take just before an engine freeze, that's bound to backfire

Side question, why did Ferrari open up Vettel's car like that in public?

[ferrarifire]

Have ferrari fixed the rear wing or continuing with the flexi wing ?

[gordonthegun]

Have ferrari fixed the rear wing or continuing with the flexi wing ?

I don't think anyone has fixed anything.
I saw FP1 and a view on the rear wing of RBR at the end of the main straight during braking has shown a huge flexion.

[Sevach]

2 different rear wings.

[gordonthegun]

https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/upl ... -48-30.jpg

https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/upl ... 7-30-2.jpg

2 different rear wings.

Lower downforce rear wing in FP2. Which one will they choose for FP3 and Quali?

[ryaan2904]

Ferrari has chosen the most advanced (and risky) project for the 2022 engine, the Superfast, that will stay the same for 3 years.
Turbo and compressor spaced apart and new combustion chambers and air inlets to generate a better turbolence for an even faster combustion with an evolved Mahle Jet-Ignition.
Only the most extreme ideas (which ones?) have been discarded not to exaggerate the unreliability risk.

Anyway, also this year engine has shown unexpected development potential, even without changing the hardware and it should improve throughout the season.

https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-fe ... o/6525035/

https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/amp ... tail-1.jpg

Side question, why did Ferrari open up Vettel's car like that in public?

It was their 1000th GP, a big milestone for Ferrari. So im thinking, probably to show-off their partnership with Shell in a subtle, not so flashy way. I liked it.