Ferrari: "Extreme" 2020 design aimed at maximum downforce
Ferrari says its new SF1000 car is an "extreme" design, as it hints at a change of focus with its concept.


Having gone down a low-drag solution last year, which gave Ferrari an edge at fast tracks but meant it lost out at higher downforce-venues, team principal Mattia Binotto suggested at the team’s launch on Tuesday that a different avenue had been pursued for this year.
“Certainly the regulations remain stable so it is difficult to transform completely the car,” he said.
“The starting point is last year’s car, the SF90, but certainly we’re extreme on all the concepts as much as we could.
“We try to go for maximum aero performance, and try to maximise downforce level, so the entire car, the monocoque, the power unit layout, the gearbox, has been really packaged to have a narrower slim bodyshape. I think that is quite visible.”
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As well as the aerodynamic changes, Ferrari has put a lot of work into changing the suspension and power unit.
Binotto added: “We work on all the components. The suspension has been designed to have greater flexibility when being on the race track, so we can adapt the setup to whatever suits the drivers and the circuit.
“We put a lot of effort to keep the weight down. We worked a lot on the power unit, not only for packaging, but we work on each single component to cope as well with the changing technical regulations, where the oil consumption will be reduced by 50 percent “
He added: “It may look very similar to last year but believe me it is completely different to last year. A lot of concepts are very extreme on the car.”
Driver Sebastian Vettel described the new car as "an incredible achievement".
"We had the opportunity to obviously see it a little bit before, and to have also a direct comparison with last year's car, and you can really spot the differences, especially when it comes to packaging," he said.
"In the back part of the car everything sits a lot tighter so there's a lot of work behind that, because it's not so easy. So we found some clever solutions to be able to achieve it.
"I can't wait to drive it because that's obviously more exciting than [just] looking at it."

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