Pre-season testing įerrari took a few upgrades to the first test. The rear bodywork was also remodeled suggesting an increase in rear aerodynamic performance. The SF90 also had a reworked cooling system with the engine cover having a smaller inlet, now triangular rather than oval and the radiator air inlets were made larger. Ferrari adopted a matte finish to the car's livery instead of gloss to save weight. įerrari changed the engine cover on the SF90, making it smaller compared its predecessor, the SF71H, in order to save weight and improve aerodynamics. This was likely to lead to a car prone to oversteer, therefore it was anticipated that the SF90 would not be as fast as some of its rivals and the amount of downforce the car would produce would be limited. This in turn meant that the rear was unable to produce as much downforce as the front going forward in the development of the car. Īn anonymous aerodynamicist commented that because the front wing did not generate as much downforce as the front wings of some of its rival cars, Ferrari instead had to compensate and increase the size of their barge boards to provide this downforce. This design made the car's downforce levels more predictable, albeit with less downforce overall. Ferrari's front wing design meant that the majority of the loading would be felt on the middle of the wing and this in turn would cause the air flow to be directed to within the front tyres. This design was meant to encourage flow around the tyres with the front wing being below the maximum allowed height. Ferrari produced a radical front wing design, that tapered downwards from the middle towards the endplates of the wing, whereas Mercedes and Red Bull, their nearest rivals, went with a conventional design that is high from middle to end. The new regulations for the 2019 season meant that the teams had to adopt a new simpler front wing design and a higher and wider rear wing. Ferrari named the car the SF90 to celebrate the company's 90th anniversary and in keeping with tradition Vettel named his car "Lina". The car was driven by four time world champion Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari debutant Charles Leclerc in every race of the 2019 season. Self-ventilating Brembo Carbon disc brakes (front and rear) with electronic control on rear brakesįerrari designed and constructed the SF90 as a Formula One car to compete during the 2019 Formula One World Championship. Maurzio Bocchi (Head of Vehicle Performance)įerrari 064 1.6 L (98 cu in) direct injection V6 turbocharged engine limited to 15,000 RPM in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive layoutįerrari kinetic and thermal energy recovery systems Tiziano Battistini (Head of Chassis Design) Going out and actually really feeling what is the difference and understanding what you have to do to try and go faster and really trying to adapt to that as quick as possible.The Ferrari SF90, driven by Sebastian Vettel during the 2019 Austrian Grand Prixįabio Montecchi (Vehicle Project Manager)Īndrea De Zordo (Deputy Vehicle Project Manager) I think from a young age my dad has been making me try and understand, not only the changes on the car at the time, because at the end of the day the mechanics are a lot more advanced in Formula One. The Dutch driver feels driving the car aids him in understanding it better.Įxplaining his ability to seamlessly adapt to the cars under the new regulations, the Red Bull driver said: “It is practice as well and a general understanding of what to do. Max Verstappen believes his karting years and junior racing years were responsible for him developing the skillset to easily adapt to new tools. Max Verstappen reckons practice in his younger years helped him navigate around the adaptability of new cars The reigning champion feels the sport needs his scarlet rivals in the fight to make the title bout interesting, as Ferrari hail their renewed competitive form from 2019. While the 2022 championship is a one-sided domination for Red Bull and Max Verstappen, the Dutchman wishes Ferrari were in the championship battle.
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