Ferrari F2012

[Crucial_Xtreme]

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[FakeAlonso]

Alonso struggling there guys. The car still needs a lot of work to be well balanced. But overall ok.

[PlatinumZealot]

Looks like the new side-pods haven't arrived yet.

I LIED!

[Lorenzo_Bandini]

No traction at all.

[FakeAlonso]

Looks like the new side-pods haven't arrived yet.

I LIED!

Now they have arrived

[FakeAlonso]

No traction at all.

It looks they are still struggling with the off throttle exhaust gases that makes the car unstable as it exists the corner.

[kemalcan]

last photo of alonso amazes me. ferrari has such an exposed floor at rear end. maybe tighter coke bottle rear end than red bull apart from acer ducts.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

What I don't remember seeing before is the hole in the floor towards the diffuser. I assume it's the upper side of the starter motor hole, but I guess I've never seen a picture from this angle.

[ringo]

last photo of alonso amazes me. ferrari has such an exposed floor at rear end. maybe tighter coke bottle rear end than red bull apart from acer ducts.

The excessive floor area may be why the car is behaving so baddly. It's probably flopping about while subject to the harsh loads that comes with a lap around F1.

Maybe they need to thicken it like the floor on the mercedes. Mercedes always carry a very thick rigid floor.

I think this car will be a winner soon enough. Good ideas and concepts; so ambitious that the margins of error are small.

edit: some 5cm high vanes on the floor can also be added to control flow on the floor surface along with thickening.

[FrukostScones]

last photo of alonso amazes me. ferrari has such an exposed floor at rear end. maybe tighter coke bottle rear end than red bull apart from acer ducts.

The excessive floor area may be why the car is behaving so baddly. It's probably flopping about while subject to the harsh loads that comes with a lap around F1.

Maybe they need to thicken it like the floor on the mercedes. Mercedes always carry a very thick rigid floor.

I think this car will be a winner soon enough. Good ideas and concepts; so ambitious that the margins of error are small.

edit: some 5cm high vanes on the floor can also be added to control flow on the floor surface along with thickening.

yeah, maybe before Massa spun out the car wobbled a lot.

[kemalcan]

last photo of alonso amazes me. ferrari has such an exposed floor at rear end. maybe tighter coke bottle rear end than red bull apart from acer ducts.

The excessive floor area may be why the car is behaving so baddly. It's probably flopping about while subject to the harsh loads that comes with a lap around F1.

Maybe they need to thicken it like the floor on the mercedes. Mercedes always carry a very thick rigid floor.

I think this car will be a winner soon enough. Good ideas and concepts; so ambitious that the margins of error are small.

edit: some 5cm high vanes on the floor can also be added to control flow on the floor surface along with thickening.

maybe a silly question but, is it allowed in the rules to put some small winglets in that area of the floor like the ones on the 2008 cars' sidepods? check the bump in front of the rear tyre, can they make bigger ones with such shape to create some downforce?

[Mr Alcatraz]

Alonso will be integral to (if they are ever ready) getting to the fine tuning.
Even if it takes a li'l set up in Fred's hands it will be a weapon, hopefully before next year.

[ringo]

maybe a silly question but, is it allowed in the rules to put some small winglets in that area of the floor like the ones on the 2008 cars' sidepods? check the bump in front of the rear tyre, can they make bigger ones with such shape to create some downforce?

As long at it's under 5cm it's legal. But you'd have to check the bodywork volumes.
This is why redbull have that hole along the where the floor meets the sidepod.

Ferrari's floor has not kind of winglet or anything on it. It's pretty clean compared to lotus renault and redbull.

[bitbp]

Its just me or on those pics Ferrari is using old FW? I would say they been using it all the FP1 and FP2? Just asking. Can anyone confirm?

[type056]

What are these on endplate.