January 13, 2015 - A little more than two weeks after the launch, which will take place on line Friday, January 30, emerge new rumors about what will be the first Ferrari F1 Vettel era.
Maranello car that will address the 2015 season has not learned much, not even the name which will be communicated prior to submission, even if the rumors are now beginning to be more specific with regard to the technical decisions taken by the men of the staff coordinated James Allison. In chronological order, the freshest news reports them on its pages the latest edition of the weekly Autosprint, who writes of some details related to the various parts that make up the car. From aerodynamics to the chassis, the power unit, up to modern simulation systems we talked in recent days on the pages of FormulaPassion.it. In such a case comes further confirmation that the Scuderia will use the roller test bed by Austrian AVL, which is a system similar to that adopted by Mercedes last year, and who had then given the opportunity to greatly improve Red Bull when he ran into difficulties with the reliability and efficiency of the engine Renault.
Between the choices related to the motor component, stands out not to adopt the system of the turbine separate from the compressor that had been one of the hallmarks of the project Mercedes 2014. In fact, the power unit 059 / 4, these two mechanical should remain side by side as in the past season, even if the dimensions of the components are apparently more. In any case, the search within the staff of engineers led by Mattia Binotto was entrusted to one of the new technical landed recently in Maranello, the German Wolf Zimmerman, came from the Lotus road cars it produces, after he gained his experience at the AMG. His task is to find the engine of Cavallino those horses in that much more are missed in the recent past and of which there is an absolute need to mend the gap against the Silver Arrows. The minimum goal, according to the weekly, is to earn at least 50 horses to the power unit in the course of 2015. A growth path that could be reflected through the development permitted by the 32 tokens that can be used throughout the year.
A moment the engine that will power the new Red, codenamed 666, would be ready and approved, and the trials currently underway at the Racing Department concern test the reliability and industrialization. The integration of the power unit inside the car seems to see some significant changes after what had been studied and applied with the F14T. Starting from the arrangement of some organs, such as the oil tank that will return to a more traditional position, ie in the front area between the frame and the V6, and allow to retract a few centimeters the same engine with the aim of improving weight distribution and traction. Another novelty concerns instead the cooling circuit, where the radiators would change position, because there are more vertical as the F14T, but would be inclined. The main motivation would lie in the benefits aerodynamic data from a more traditional than the one adopted in 2014, which made use of cores with a lamellar very compacted, which created too much "resistance" and did not allow a correct extraction of 'air in the rear of the car.
Bringing to the chassis, the front suspension if there are substantial changes compared to the findings of recent, still holds counter the issue of the muzzle: in essence, in recent weeks it was rumored that Ferrari would adopt a layout of the front in the style launched by Red Bull, with the bulb placed at the front end (without S-Duct, now banned by the rules do not allow slots at the bottom of the frame), but now it seems that the solution finally adopted is more similar to that practiced by the Mercedes, but with the necessary precautions related to the measures imposed by the new Regulation 2015. a choice, the latter, which would be acquired only recently and then you could assumed to have been originated by a change in the race compared to the original plan. Change of course that would depend fundamentally on the request made in October by Sergio Marchionne, who would ask James Allison to intervene and to radically revise the project 666, now in an advanced stage, and on which they would work not only against aerodynamics, but also the installation of the power unit. An indiscretion which you could also add some more information on the efficiency of the solution used for the muzzle from Mercedes and optimized thanks to the arrival of Jock Clear in Maranello.
