Re: The new Ferrari nose





Bigbird wrote:
How effective is it?

What circuits will it be most effective at?

It's been known about for a while so one would expect other teams to
have evaluated/re-evaluated the design. Who might be next to bring one
to a race and which race?

Is it more applicable to some cars than others?

Thoughts.


The nose works with the way Ferrari have designed the front wing. It
is not an "add on" but a careful evolution that started with the new
front wing centre section last season. It was one of the big concerns
they had inthe McRacing incident last year, that the wing, nose did
not make it onto the McRacing car. It is a pretty neat solution to a
bunch of front end problems and it works with every other bit on the
bodywork. It would take a lot of changes on the other cars to make it
work the same way. Because it is part of the bodywork it should be Ok
for next year too. Ferrari thinks at ahead to the next year all the
time. This years car is as much of a race car as it is a test bed for
next years car, Next year's car is the basis for the next year. There
are never any big changes, just constant development and improvement.
.



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