Report: Ferrari Turn to the Design Philosophy of the Infamous SF1000 for 2022 F1 Challenger

In a shocking turn of events, Scuderia Ferrari are reportedly preferring a design that was last seen on the infamous SF1000, the challenger that led to Ferrari’s worst season in over a decade. It was a horror stint for both Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, as they failed to see off the season in the top 3.

But, out of the misery, the Reds seem to have found something fruitful for Project 674.

With most of the other Formula One teams beginning to piece together their respective 2022 challengers ahead of the scheduled launch events, reports have consequently started to emerge over the potential changes to the cars’ designs.

Rightfully so, Ferrari are the latest to become the sport’s hot topic.

Ferrari return to old air intake design

After enduring one of the most dismal seasons in Formula One with the SF1000, one might have assumed that finding inspirations from such cars could be impossible. But, turns out, there is indeed something in SF1000 that could work like a charm in the 2022 challenger.

As reported by Motorsport, Ferrari have allegedly chosen to go with a completely triangular engine air intake inspired from the 2020 car. The 2021 season witnessed Ferrari sport horn wings instead with vertical duct tapes on either side of triangular air intake.

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What happens now?

Motorsport has reported that changes are most likely to happen to the arrangement of the radiators. It read, “the arrangement of the radiators to cool the power unit may differ from last year. The change may have been due to the designers having to position the radiators differently as a result of the new Venturi tunnels to occupy the lower part of the sidepods.”

So why are Ferrari making such drastic changes? Well, it looks like the Maranello outfit is looking to clean the airflow above the bonnet to improve the efficiency of the new rear wing.

Overall, the Reds are continuing to impress the entire racing fraternity with massive changes to the 2022 challenger. So, will their efforts pay off and pull them much closer to the leading title contenders, Red Bull and Mercedes?

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