Centred round a change in philosophy for the sidepod and engine cowl bodywork, the remainder of the SF-24 may even bear a metamorphosis, because the workforce appears for methods to use stress on Purple Bull and stem the movement of the menace now posed by a resurgent McLaren package deal.
Ferrari, having moved to the underbite sidepod inlet at first of the season, is now sporting an overbite association, just like the structure we have seen Purple Bull pursue in 2024. Nevertheless, whereas Purple Bull has been capable of minimise the dimensions of their horizontal inlet, Ferrari’s resolution is a bit more expansive.
In the meantime, the vertical bypass duct beside the chassis has been merged with the principle inlet to type one bigger inlet, just like the association seen on this yr’s Alpine and Mercedes.
The upshot of that is the elimination of the bypass duct’s outlet beside the rear leg of the halo and a change to the structure of the winglet housed right here, as a cobra-shaped vane now presides over the area.
The outboard wing mirror stalk has additionally been prolonged to assist situation the airflow alongside the higher floor of the sidepod bodywork.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Photograph by: Davide Cavazza
The general form of the sidepod’s bodywork has additionally been reprofiled, with a extra beneficiant undercut now current that has allowed Ferrari’s designers to remodel the form of the sidepod’s flank and regulate its waistline lower to raised work with the ground alongside.
The sheer magnitude of those exterior adjustments can have undoubtedly required the workforce to have repackaged the SF-24’s internals too, with the radiators, coolers and different energy unit ancillaries being moved and/or completely redesigned to suit their new house.
As a consequence, the engine cowl has additionally been fettled, with the louvred panel beforehand located on the shelf-like part of bodywork exchanged for a bigger, single outlet in the course of the meeting, whereas the rear part is pinched in to create room for the warmth to be rejected.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Photograph by: Davide Cavazza
Ferrari may effectively have been capable of drip-feed a few of these elements onto the automotive in China and Miami however the workforce is aware of that brings with it the danger of the dash weekend format and the restricted testing that may be executed throughout these occasions.
Opting to ship this whole replace package deal at Imola ought to subsequently characterize a a lot bigger step ahead for Ferrari, as it should have extra time to evaluate and perceive its influence.
This must also set the workforce in good stead for the subsequent part of the season, offering it has correlation between the real-world behaviour of those new components and what was predicted by its simulation instruments.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Photograph by: Davide Cavazza