Hi Eragon,
Ferrari run this new front part in the Barcelona testing, as you certainly know.
This feature is aimed at making use of the high-pressure air that builds up between the front wing and the underside of the nose.
This would improve the car's downforce by sending a better airflow to the rear wing.
What Ferrari have done is to create a channel inside the nose cone that takes this high-pressure region and vents it over the top of the chassis.
Senior managment investigating a leak in the team :
weeks before the Italian outfit tested their radical nose cone, 'Autosprint' magazine broke the story about the innovation with sketches.
As Aldo Costa declared to Swiss newspaper "Blick" only "very few knew about this innovation".
An internal investigation would already be in progress.
LMcQ |