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Ferrari 150° Italia - vertical extension to exhaust pipe 26 Nov 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - vertical extension to exhaust pipe

Up until now, Ferrari have managed to keep an important update to their exhausts secret. Back at August's Spa round they introduced a vertical extension to their exhaust pipe (right-hand arrows). The mounting of the extension is integrated with the section of the exhaust near the car's underbody...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised front wing 12 Nov 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised front wing

On Friday afternoon in Abu Dhabi, Ferrari added an additional carbon skin on the pivoting point of their new Red Bull-style front wing on Felipe Massa's car (red arrow). The solution, however, failed to stop the wing from fluttering dramatically at certain speeds so the team decided to revert back...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - new front wing 29 Oct 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - new front wing

In India both Ferrari drivers have been using the team's new, Red Bull-influenced front wing (upper drawing), which Fernando Alonso first sampled in Korea. Compared to the previous version (lower drawing), all components are different. There is now a single endplate, a slotted main plane with a...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - new front wing 15 Oct 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - new front wing

Ferrari have brought a completely new front wing to Korea. It's understood it was initially being evaluated with 2012 in mind, but the team decided to run it on Fernando Alonso's car during qualifying and the race. There are many changes over the older version with most components (nosecone and wing...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - modified exhaust 25 Sep 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - modified exhaust

In Singapore Ferrari have modified their exhaust layout. The final section (see blue highlighted area) is a little narrower than before and no longer features the small stepped section which helped to blow air both under and on the top of the side channel. ...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - modified rear wing 10 Sep 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - modified rear wing

In Monza Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa have been using the new rear wing Ferrari introduced at the last round at Spa. But there are some differences on the Monza-spec wing (see main drawing), including different endplates with just two gills instead of three (see upper red arrow and inset) and a...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - front wing variations 27 Aug 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - front wing variations

Ferrari have opted to use two different front wings for the qualifying session and race in Belgium. Massa decided to stay with the one he used in Canada, whilst Alonso is running with a new version. Tested in Hungary, it features Red Bull-inspired upper flaps (red arrow), and a single main flap...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - rear wing updates 30 Jul 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - rear wing updates

Ferrari tried a lot of new components in Hungary on Friday, even some aero solutions that could be useful on the 2012 car, which will have a differently shaped cockpit. Both Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa trialled this rear wing in a back-to-back test with the configuration used previously for...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - front wing updates 30 Jul 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - front wing updates

Ferrari tried a lot of new components in Hungary on Friday, even some aero solutions that could be useful on the 2012 car, which will have a differently shaped cockpit. Both Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa tested this front wing (main drawing), which (in Red Bull style) features an additional...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised brake ducts 24 Jul 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised brake ducts

Ferrari have followed a pit lane trend by adding a cascade of small flaps on the inside of the brake duct (see black arrows) in an area where the rules permit teams to gain some rear downforce. The solution was first used by Williams and Sauber last year. ...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised rear wing 09 Jul 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised rear wing

As part of Ferrari's new aero package for Silverstone, Alonso tried out this new rear wing on Friday, featuring a new DRS control system. Gone is the hydraulic linkage inside a central pillar (main drawing), replaced instead by an electric motor (inset) as used by Red Bull, Renault, Force India and...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised exhaust layout 09 Jul 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised exhaust layout

Ferrari introduced a new aero package for Great Britain, together with the new rear suspension layout previously tested in Friday's sessions in Canada and Valencia. On Friday at Silverstone Massa tried out this new exhaust layout, complete with longer sidepods featuring three vertical cooling gills...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised rear suspension 25 Jun 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised rear suspension

In Valencia practice, Fernando Alonso again tried the new rear suspension introduced in Montreal, with the aim of collecting more data ahead of its planned introduction as part of a major update for Silverstone. This set-up features a higher pick-up point between top wishbone and upright, giving a...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - Montreal-spec brakes 11 Jun 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - Montreal-spec brakes

Montreal is one of the hardest tracks on the calendar for brakes. All the teams have brought special ducts to improve cooling and have used more durable carbon discs. Ferrari have followed McLaren's solution and also cut back the aerodynamic drum around the brake. They ran something similar in...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised front wing 28 May 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised front wing

Ferrari introduced a new front wing at the Turkish round and updated it for last weekend's Spanish race. In Monaco another revision has been made to the wing (main picture), with a single flap replacing the two-section version (inset). This is designed to boost downforce at slow speeds around the...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - modified engine cover 28 May 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - modified engine cover

With just a week between the Spanish and Monaco rounds, it was a surprise to see a new engine cover on the Ferrari in Monte Carlo (main picture), but a closer inspection reveals it isn't an entirely new solution. The Italian team developed it for the Malaysian event back in April, but didn't run it...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - banned rear wing 21 May 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - banned rear wing

Ferrari ran this rear wing in Friday's practice sessions in Spain, but had to revert back to their Turkey-spec design from Saturday onwards after the FIA deemed it illegal. The area of controversy was the additional Gurney flaps on the top (in yellow), which took the wing 30mm over the normal...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - new front wing 07 May 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - new front wing

In Turkey, both Ferrari drivers have been using the new front wing tested only briefly by Fernando Alonso in Shangai. It's different from the previous one in all areas. Totally new is the endplate, with the lower part (1) cut as it was on last year's F10. The main profile is shaped differently in...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - new front brake duct 17 Apr 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - new front brake duct

As well as testing a new front wing on Friday in Shanghai, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso evaluated a new front brake duct design. Featuring a shroud (right-hand arrow) and a small turning vane (left-hand arrow), the new duct has been designed to better control the flow of air towards the front wing...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - exhaust positioning 16 Apr 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - exhaust positioning

Most teams this season are using a different exhaust layout to those used last year. The primary pipes are directed forwards (main picture). Ferrari introduced this trend in 2005 (inset), although back then the aim was for the exhaust to blow further forwards. Six years later, the latest layout is...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised front wing 09 Apr 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - revised front wing

For Malaysia, Ferrari have modified their car's front wing slightly, with the addition of this small flap (red arrow) between the turning vanes. The team have also made some very subtle changes to the endplates. As they attempt to find more pace in the car, Ferrari's drivers have sampled several...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - pre-season evolution 27 Mar 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - pre-season evolution

After a hectic winter test programme, Ferrari have introduced the latest version of their 2011 car (top drawing - launch version below) for the Australian Grand Prix. There are new front wing supports (1), featuring very wide pillars, in order to better channel the air under the car, whilst the...»

Ferrari 150° Italia - exhaust positioning 07 Mar 2011

Ferrari 150° Italia - exhaust positioning

The exhausts on the Ferrari are very low and flat (inset). They blow towards a channel (1) that exits through a thin horizontal window, which is the car's starter hole. The rules limit the size of the starter hole to a maximum surface area of 3,500mm². The centralised nature of the exhaust's...»

Ferrari F150th Italia - oil tank changes 14 Feb 2011

Ferrari F150th Italia - oil tank changes

The F150th Italia has almost the same wheelbase as 2010's F10, even though the team's KERS system has been positioned inside the car's fuel tank area. In addition, the oil tank has more capacity (see photograph), and is much taller than the one used in the 2009 F60 (see drawing, red arrow)....»

Ferrari F10/F150th Italia - overhead comparison 09 Feb 2011

Ferrari F10/F150th Italia - overhead comparison

Although the chassis is higher and the nose flatter on the F150 (top), the new car's front wing is the final iteration from last season's F10 (bottom). The new front suspension (1) has higher wishbones and, for the first time on a Ferrari, the steering arm is not inside the top wishbone. To improve...»

Ferrari F150th Italia - rear suspension 09 Feb 2011

Ferrari F150th Italia - rear suspension

Ferrari have retained their push-rod suspension, but have moved its elements forward. The larger angle of the push-rod link (1 and 2, highlighted in yellow) means the car can have a very narrow and low rear section. ...»

Ferrari F150th Italia - 2010/2011 front suspension comparison 09 Feb 2011

Ferrari F150th Italia - 2010/2011 front suspension comparison

With the chassis positioned five centimetres higher, the suspension pick-up points are also higher (main drawing - 2011; inset - 2010). And in a first for Ferrari, the steering arm is no longer included inside the top wishbone (red arrow). ...»

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