Scuderia Ferrari have responded to Red Bull’s Imola updates by bringing along some of their own for the Miami Grand Prix, which takes place this weekend at the Miami International Autodrome. Usually, a brand new circuit, which has never hosted a Formula 1 event before, does not represent a particularly useful location to bring evolutionary packages and upgrades from an aerodynamic point of view, given the lack of data for the track and the difficult task of identifying an ideal setup for the race itself, alongside the task of testing the upgrades.
However, the Miami International Autodrome seems to be an exception, not only because the 2022 Formula 1 cars are completely new projects and are still at the beginning of their development curve, but also taking into consideration the design and layout of the circuit itself and its position on the Formula 1 calendar.
The first race in the United States this season is scheduled right after the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the Imola circuit and ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, which is normally the venue where the biggest developments – at least on paper – are set to be introduced.
Some teams, mostly from the upper midfield, have already introduced some upgrades in 2022, as well as Red Bull from the leading teams, which helped them win in Italy two weeks ago, a race in which the RB18 proved faster than Ferrari’s F1-75 car for the first time in the 2022 F1 campaign. In Miami, Ferrari responded with some own interesting updates.
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The Maranello team is expected to fit a new floor in at least one session, which was already used during FP1 for the Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit, before being used at the Pirelli test at Imola. This led to protests for several teams who quested whether Ferrari was allowed to use that floor specification during the Pirelli tyre testing session, but the Italian side was cleared of any test rules breach, explaining that the team damaged the floor originally fitted to the F1-75 in Imola and the new specification had also been used in Australia. The Maranello team is also introducing a new rear wing, which is lighter and has a modified main profile.
No less important is the front wing, which is characterised by an out-wash profile towards the endplates. In practice, the profile of the last two flaps is now clearly curved to deflect outwards, increasing the deviation of the turbulence at the front wheels.
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