2026 F1 Cars - General Thread

[Giando]

Is there any reason that on some cars, particularly the Ferrari, the rear crash structure sticks out so much?
Did something change in the regulations that allows this now?

Uhm... didn't notice that, really.
Might it be a visual consequence of the absence of the beam wing?

But specifically on the Ferrari SF-26, it could be due to the new "Flick Tail Mode" winglet: you know they moved the differential backwards in order to be able to mount that FTM winglet so the rear crash structure might be sticking out a few inches more than in 2025 i guess.

[mzso]

Is there any reason that on some cars, particularly the Ferrari, the rear crash structure sticks out so much?
Did something change in the regulations that allows this now?

Uhm... didn't notice that, really.
Might it be a visual consequence of the absence of the beam wing?

But specifically on the Ferrari SF-26, it could be due to the new "Flick Tail Mode" winglet: you know they moved the differential backwards in order to be able to mount that FTM winglet so the rear crash structure might be sticking out a few inches more than in 2025 i guess.

Perhaps. I may have overestimated the height of the crash structure, and thought it was mounted higher than the differential.