OK, I get you. I thought this forum had become Red BullChat, that's why I asked the question. I wouldn't mind Ferrari beating Red Bull this season, but we have to wait the first official tests to have a clearer picture. I am wondering if these new tech rules will reshuffle the pack enough.
Same, am hoping that with merc n rb busy fighting for title that they will have distracted themselves, can hope any way
I would say we need to wait until the first grand prix before we know anything about the pecking order. I've seen Ferrari smoke everyone in testing only to be embarrassed during a race.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ferraris-2022-f1-car-set-for-airbox-tweak/7734630/ Ferrari's 2022 F1 car set for airbox tweak By: Matthew Somerfield Co-author: Giorgio Piola Jan 30, 2022, 8:55 AM Ferrari will unveil its 2022 challenger on 17 February and it could change tact in a notable design area. Image Unavailable, Please Login According to rumours filtering in from Maranello, the team could return to a triangular shaped airbox, without the two horns that set the SF21 apart from the rest last season. It’s understood that the team wants to move away from the oval airbox design it appropriated last season in order to provide less obstruction to the airflow destined for the rear wing. This does mean that the Scuderia’s designers will have to find a way to provide cool air to the power unit and its ancillaries, which was catered for by the outer channels in the oval airbox design. However, with the shape of the sidepods having to undergo an extensive redesign for 2022 it may have opted to repackage the various radiators and electronics housed around the power unit and in the sidepods. Image Unavailable, Please Login Ferrari airbox comparison Photo by: Giorgio Piola This is due to a change in the placement of the upper Side Impact Protections Spars (SIPS) for 2022, with the regulations requiring that they be situated at least 60mm higher than in previous years. This all but rules out the use of the high inlet design that was first introduced by Ferrari in 2017 (above) and was swiftly copied up and down the grid, with every car featuring the design last season. As the team’s sponsorship lineup has changed there’s also some question marks over the livery choices that Ferrari will make going forward and could even see them run a different colour scheme during testing than we’ll see when the cars run in anger at the first race of the season.
from Giuliano Duchessa "All 2021 PUs without adaptations had -80/90 hp with E10. With design / development 2022 Ferrari has recovered a lot of hp. Nobody seems to have the same max power in 2021. Honda sources confirmed in this regard: "It's a very difficult change" In the blacked-out tests in Barcelona it will be impossible even to guess how much power the teams will use. Even in Bahrain we may have ideas that are not entirely clear, and yet for the first 3 GPs we are receiving cross-cutting signals that suggest that "caution will reign" Tweet— Twitter API (@user) date
I planned to go to Barcelona like every winter test. This is a real shame we can’t this year because Bahreïn paid lot of money. Formula one should remain a popular sport not a private club!
Agreed, it is a shame, a few friends of mine normally go to testing and are not happy they cant go, they really really like the technical side of the sport
If they’re planning to change the livery after the presentation, maybe they’ll change the name before they present it. I don’t remember them unveiling the name of the car before the official presentation in the previous years, or am I wrong?
Ahh, now there is an exam question for future students of the Scuderia : Binotto V Forghieri ? Discuss. Next years results may well determine the length and complexity of the answer.
