In Monte Carlo, Ferrari is playing its wild card: the SF-23 single-seater, awaiting the aerodynamic upgrade package that will make its debut next week at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix, aims to leverage its characteristics on the track of the Principality, which should highlight the strengths of the red car while minimizing its weaknesses (tire degradation and less effective aerodynamic balance).
Team principal Frederic Vasseur believes in it and motivates the Maranello team: “Together with Charles and Carlos, we have prepared the weekend in great detail to exploit every opportunity that the particularly treacherous track could offer.”
The twisty nature of the Principality requires maximum aerodynamic load and aerodynamic efficiency becomes a less determining factor in performance along the city streets. Here is the front wing of the red car seen in the Monte Carlo pit lane. The mechanics have just finished installing the nolder on the latest profile, aiming for maximum impact.
In Giorgio Piola’s image for Motorsport Italy, you can also observe in detail the five supports of the adjustable profile: these are five flow diverters positioned to direct the air towards the outside of the front wing, contributing to the out wash effect that the FIA technicians dislike.
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This solution, banned last year on the Mercedes W13 in the latter part of the Formula One season, became legal with a simple rewording of the regulation. It is curious that the solution launched by the Brackley team has found no admirers except in Maranello.
