Coming off a second winless campaign in three years, Ferrari knows its SF70H must deliver the goods in 2017, especially with Sebastian Vettel entering a contract year… F1i's Nicolas Carpentiers takes a closer look at the latest charger from Maranello. SOPHISTICATED OR OVER-ELABORATE? Looking at the new Ferrari is like travelling 10 years back in time to return to an era when cars were fitted with a bevy of winglets, deflectors, vanes, and other areo elements. With James Allison, recently appointed as Mercedes’ technical director, and aerodynamicist Dirk de Beer, now serving at Williams, leaving Maranello last summer, it remains difficult to pinpoint the filiation of the SF70H. The...
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