Video: Ferrari SF-23 deforming nose at high speed | 2023 F1 Bahrain testing. Ferrari SF-23 deforming nose at high speed.

In the early stages of the first day of pre-season testing session at the Bahrain International Circuit, the nose of Ferrari’s SF-23 gained a ‘dimple’ under high speed, which returned to its normal shape under braking, as can be seen in the video below. Ferrari then confirmed that the slight bending of the nose was not intentional. After a short return to the pits for Carlos Sainz, the nose was no longer doing this phenomenon. It was probably just a specific defective cover that has now been thrown away:

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