Peter Šmak
The name sums up the fact that in the summer part of the season the team will be out Maranella, took her jubilee, thousandth Formula 1 race. The race car we saw at the presentation and which we analyze in this article presents basis for the winter part of the testing and is in many ways different from the one we will see on the route in Melbourne, as engineers will be under his baton Enrica Cardille in David Sanchez, based on the obtained data, were further developed in the next month. This year, the management of the team decided to change the testing strategy, as we will finally picture and judgment SF1000, can only be obtained in the last days of this year 's February testing on the route in Montmel.
As he also said binotto, is Ferrari SF1000 the evolution of last year’s race car SF90. The same can be expected of other teams as well technical rules they did not change. But that doesn’t mean not all teams, including the Reds, were looking boundary points of evolutionto maximize their weapons for this season. Pri Ferrari, focused mainly on deficiencies of SF90to try to make it more competitive. We know SF90 was extremely fast on the planes and average in the corners. To that end, a team of aerodynamics had the task sacrifice part of the speed on the planes at the expense of the better grip in corners and thus better utilization of the whimsical Pirelli tires. The aerodynamic grip and efficiency of the tires were main shortcomings last year’s race car.
If we take a closer look front, understandably not noticeable on the outside drastic interventions compared to SF90. The nose of the car with two wing profiles, which branch off from the central part, is used aerodynamic philosophy, which was presented in the 2019 season in Singapore. So pa side holes on the nose in terms of size now much more pronounced. This area is very important for creation aerodynamic pressure, so all the technicians pay a lot of attention to it.
The front wing retains outwash philosophy, which continues to steer airflow away from the front tires. Med neutral part and beginning main wing, remained small "bend“Which creates a lot an important vortex for proper aerodynamic operation of the center and rear of the car. End plates have similar to SF90 two small flow manifolds mounted on an external bracket.
The system is confirmed S Duct, which has a routing function turbulent air from under the nose and directs it in shape laminar flow over the race car. The position of the entrance remained in a rather high position due to the rather long pillars. It seems to be Ferrari wanted to continue to use a much less pronounced channel in the form letters S and therefore greater vacuum efficiency.
Front suspension remains type »push rods", But it remained hidden from view. Did they v Maranello really decided to use hydraulic third element, hidden under the cover of the nose, we will see only in tests. They did not follow in this part of the car Mercedes philosophy use the upper pivot of the triangular suspension, but the solution looks very aerodynamically clean, thanks to triangular guide, which are slightly inclined forward, with the task of keeping the air supply at the sides as long as possible from the turbulence caused by the tire rolling. Push rod, is attached vertically and is not directly connected to the lower triangle of the suspension, which is in line with the agreement between the teams after last year GP Monaco. An alternative configuration that is visible on the car SF1000, will still lower the front at low speeds in corners. The more the steering wheel is turned, the more the push rod will lower the front axle.
Side view reveals that it is also new Ferrari remained faithful to the principle wedge-shaped design. It is supposed to be Wheelbase trivially shorter, more precisely by one centimeter. The most interesting area of the car SF1000, is certainly the middle part, where the engineers were inspired by Red Bullu. The pages are an evolution of last year's car, cooling supply of radiators remained at the top to keep the airflow as even as possible in the lower part, which is crucial for the so-called downwash effect, which improves the aerodynamic efficiency of the rear of the car. Side wings in deviators from nose to belly they look complex and resemble those from last year Red Bull Racing.
Another interesting novelty they are in the center of the car rear view mirrors. From Mercedes ideas that were later taken over by other teams now also have at Ferrari two classic brackets, one connected to the cockpit, the other to the initial part of the abdomen in a rim that redirects airflow. Racing car pages they are very short, with an extremely narrow area named after a bottle of the popular American carbonated drink. The most changed part, is the one around the logistics company logo, which is, again, modeled after Red Bull Racing, quite flattened inwards this year. Wind tunnel measurements have clearly shown that this is a useful solution provided in the latter diffuser brings more airflow.
Vent opening above the driver's head maintains triangular shape, which was owned by last year’s race car, and two have been added this year small horns, which serve to clean the airflow directed towards the rear wing. This solution, which first appears on Ferrari, otherwise it is not completely new, as similar horns were also used by the race cars Williams BMW from the summer 2007 in McLaren from the summer 2005, with the same goal, to provide more efficient airflow cleaning.
The new one is clearly visible on the back deck wing, in style Mercedes 2019. Mention should also be made of the inner part where the gearbox lies. This is for the sake of providing better aerodynamics and lower weights extremely shrunk. The concept of the new gearbox housing, enabled a narrower and shorter rear of the car, which allowed the design diffuser, which is now additionally supplied with a larger amount of air flowing along and under the car. Also kinematics of the rear suspension it has shrunk considerably. Ob the third hydraulic control element allows a clean airflow at the rear, which should contribute to a significant increase in aerodynamic traction.
It has also changed six-cylinder engine. The heads are new with a change combustion chamber, is higher compression ratio, which will optimize engine performance at low and medium revs, which should eliminate power problems.
Engineers under leadership Cardilla in Sanchez they certainly did their best to make it new SF1000 worth the name Ferrari. In the face of last year’s fiasco and the cold shower the team experienced in the first races, where they came as winter test winners and top favorites, it is binotto much more cautious with statements this year. That's right. Let the results speak for themselves. We will probably have to wait at least until the last days of the winter tests, if not until the first race, for the first relevant data and ratings.
