The #Ferrari F1-75 appeared officially earlier today - so I thought it would be a good time for a Tech thread #F175 #F1 #F12022 (I only use official images and don't cover leaks)
Great hopes have been placed on the F1-75 as Ferrari diverted most of its technical effort in 2020 and 2021 to this design, so it should, in theory at least be a step forward from last season. The team calls it an innovative and daring design.
Starting at the front Ferrari has followed the trend of others with a nose tip sitting rearward of the leading edge of the front wing. The lowest element dipping just ahead of the nose tip. However the nose blends with the first element of the wing unlike others.
The distinctive NACA style duct in the nose is for driver (and possibly drink system) cooling. There is a small link element between the first element of the front wing at the base of the nose.
The upper element of the front wing does not have as much of an upward sweep as that seen on some cars, and indeed the show car. It drops down notably at the outer edge. This is probably closer to the wings we will see during the season than others seen to date.
The end plate dive plane appears to be fairly flat compared to the show car concept and more elaborate designs like the Williams, I expect more development here.
Looking at the nose it seems thin and curved, at the base of the nose the official pictures look to have been photoshopped slightly, below the Santander logo. Not sure why.
The F1-75 features push rod front suspension, as ever look to Scarbs to have a read on pushrod vs pull rod here:
Looking at the front brake ducts on the F1-75 launch car, these do look to be the real thing, note how they continue inboard of the inner plate of the front wheel.
It is interesting to note that Ferrari is not using drag reducing mirrors, despite it being the team that introduced them to F1 some years ago. The mirrors have fairly robust supports.
The sidepod of the Ferrari is surprisingly large and flat sided, while there is an undercut on the leading edge it seems rather bulky and wide. I'm curious to see the layout under the bodywork here (probably in Bahrain)
There is an undercut along the base of the sidepod which some people will compare to the F92A probably, but this is not even close to that twin floor concept.
The leading edge of the sidepod aperture is interesting with two protruding elements. The side impact structure probably sits a little way rearward of these. It is interesting to see how different this is to the Haas renders.
Note the cooling louvres on the upper edge of the sidepod which dips down significantly on its upper surface.
The airbox of the F1-75 seems quite different to that of the SF21 although it retains remote supports and the external aerodynamic elements. The triangular airbox was last seen on the 2019 car and seems extremely similar.
I don’t think Ferrari is showing anything like the floor we can expect to see in testing let alone the first race, the design of this floor seems to be direct from the show cars.
The rear wing is somewhat flatter in the central section than the versions seen on the showcar specification, Ferrari opting for twin supports on the wing.
The rear suspension has a pull rod layout, note the rear brake cooling duct in this image.
Overall I think that there is a huge amount more to see with this car, and a huge amount more to say, not least at the rear but for now that’s it.
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