FERRARI STILL LOOKING FOR PERFORMANCE IN BID TO MATCH MIDFIELD RIVALS
Throughout 2020, Ferrari has thrown a lot at its recalcitrant SF1000 and received relatively little pay-off. The team seems to be treading water in the lower reaches of the points, but has not received the jumps in performance that midfield rivals Renault, Racing Point and Mclaren have had.
The team arrived at the Nurburgring with a redesigned set of bargeboards to try to address the gap, as it continues to tinker with its car to unlock more performance.
Firstly (1), Ferrari had reprofiled the leading edge of the bargeboard package to perhaps pick up airflow more adeptly from the suspension components. At (2), (3) and (4), the mounting point for the boomerang elements had changed too, Ferrari deciding to split the two turning vanes to do that and shuffle the outboard part of the lower bargeboard further forward. Previously, the two were stacked one on top of each other, and changing the shape also allows the slot at (3) to break up the elements and keep the airflow attached over a sensitive area of the car. Ferrari has also added a few ‘teeth’ to the floor’s opening (5) to help generate a small vortex to keep the air flush with the surface as it passes under the car.