Despite already introducing a series of quick-fire developments over the opening flyaway races, Ferrari arrived in Barcelona with even more detailed upgrades to keep their car at the top of the pack alongside chief rival Mercedes.
Countering their arch rivals, the Scuderia unveiled changes of their own to the critical bargeboard area. Ferrari’s design is an elegant solution that turns the air over a relatively short space, with the trailing edge of the bargeboard positioned quite a distance from the sidepod on the axe-head of the floor.
Adding slots helps the flow to adhere to the back of the bargeboard and Ferrari have done just that, two of which are now visible on the white portion of the vane.
The SF70-H was the first car in the field to run the T-wing, having launched with a slender single element device. The rest of the grid have moved on to more complex solutions and Ferrari have followed suit by introducing a hooped T-wing similar to that used by Mercedes, but have furthered the design by dividing the upper and lower winglets in two.
In recent years the Maranello team have distanced themselves from copying other concepts, but under the new structure it appears as if there is a great deal of flexibility that is allowing them to keep pace in the development race.
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