The rear of the car key to fight for the championship
"Ferrari do not work in second place. " Such confidence was shown Enzo Ferrari, founder of the legendary Il Prancing Horse brand, when he spoke with members of the Italian Scuderia. This phrase, part of the DNA of Maranello team, takes on special meaning when still in the memory of pilots, mechanics, engineers and all the fans the 2010 World Cup final in Abu Dhabi.

The bar for this season is higher than ever, since the Maranello team has assumed the responsibility of representing an entire Italian nation celebrates the 150th anniversary of its formation as a state, baptizing his car to the event date and carrying the tricolor considerably in the back of his rear wing.

Ferrari's intention is clear: to be competitive from the first race and let the other cars can only see the Italian flag in front of them and, if possible, as far as possible.

To this end, the team of Fernando Alonso has introduced a car that pushes the limits all the concepts of last year's car, while introducing new highlights that explore new ways of development.

Radiography 150th Italy Ferrari
A high front, high, reaching even to the limit imposed by the FIA, has changed the position of the pilot, who has risen slightly from last year, surprising Alonso himself will be forced to take feet higher. The objective is to maximize the amount of air that reaches the bottom of the car, so it accelerates faster to go flat base and thereby offset the disappearance of the double diffuser.

In the middle of the car were markedly reduced the section of the air intakes for cooling radiators, which are located more inclined and attached at its terminal to the main body of the car to free up space in the final part of the body.

Already in the central part of Ferrari discover where lies one of the innovations of this season, the KERS, which in the case of the Italian team has led a double technical work. On the one hand we have modified the fuel tank capacity has been reduced by 22 liters. This freed space has been used by the team to assemble its new KERS, which is perfectly situated in the central part of the car wrapped itself above the fuel tank. Here lie the essential elements of the system, including batteries, helping to focus the masses and lower center of gravity of the car.



The engine with lower consumption
To install the energy recovery system, the department led by Marmorini in Maranello, in collaboration with Shell, has worked hard with the aim of reducing the consumption of motor car
Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, to reach the goal after leaving less gasoline
board. All thanks to intensive work in lubricants mainly oriented
reduce the friction of internal components of the mechanism.

At the same time, we worked on the pneumatic valve system, which gave many headaches early last season. For this reason the huge amount of miles driven in the preseason gives the team confidence to certify the proper working of motorists Maranello.

The key behind
To fight for the championship of the world you have to do homework in all areas of the car and this year the final part of this is where you play the class outstanding.

The required miniaturization of the entire rear end has successfully achieved while preserving a system of push-rod suspension, although all other rivals such as Red Bull Racing, McLaren or Mercedes GP, have switched to pull-rod that Adrian Newey came into vogue a few years ago.

Ferrari engineers have been removed from the sleeve of smaller suspensions views on a Formula 1 track, in order to reduce mechanical components in the rear, and have developed a set of kinematic motions that could well displayed in a museum of miniatures.

The paddock rumors speak of a suspension type 'springless', ie without the elastic element of the springs or torsion bars, they are almost symbolic, "similar to last season in a test experiment and will be Red Bull the future in F1.

Ferrari have moved the location of the elements of the forward suspension for leaving the top of the free exchange of 'clutter' in favor of a more aerodynamic "clean" in one of the most delicate areas of the project.

Looking for reliability, pending the final surprise
The Scuderia is the Italian team has accumulated more miles between large during the preseason, but the real F150th Italy only a few know him, working against the clock in the new wind tunnel at Maranello. But mostly he is known in the Toyota, in Germany, as far as the Italians have been to take one of the best facilities and thus overcome limitations in their aerodynamic development, key to compete for 'one on one' with the creations Newey wind wizard.

The complete car to debut in Australia has not stepped on any track because it has been decided to develop until the last second the key components of a very ambitious project, which can give a decisive extra tenths.

Quality details
The low leakage seamlessly integrated into the body blow not flush with the bottom level, but below the lower triangle of the rear suspension, bring from above a stream of air at high speed that runs along the slender body on the flat bottom. This section may change radically in the next test in Barcelona or on the first grand prize.

The advantage of having a push-rod suspension is that it frees up space in the lower area of the car, right where it meets the gearbox, so that leaks are attached to the body of the car. It is also part of the car where more work is in the aero package that the team prepares for the first race. However, the Red Bull team can not afford it because where Ferrari has leaks, Newey has placed the items in the pull-rod suspension.



The body features a mini-fin shark suspended over a longitudinal section of the apex body laying drains much of the heat generated by mechanical KERS radiators and batteries. In this way air is directed towards the rear wing single amount which gives stability and in turn serves to support mobile wing actuator.

The other output of light dissipation in the F150th Italy is on the side, with the body ending in a vertical section just as they arrive to the area of the gearbox, taking advantage of the area is free of obstacles. Faced with the pull-rod suspension of Red Bull, Ferrari does enable a heat removal zone blowing in the upper base of the rear diffuser.



Source: http://www.caranddriverthef1.com/
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