When Formula 1 rewrote its technical rules for 2022, it was great to see some divergent strategies on how to get the most out of ground-effect cars.
But it was always going to be the case that someone would get it right, and the other nine teams would end up following them like sheep sooner or later. And lo, it’s come to pass.
Mercedes has already shredded its zeropod concept, after giving it every chance to come good, and now it seems that Ferrari is also going to bail on its ‘inwash’ sidepod solution – which worked really well at the start of last season – in favour of Red Bull’s ‘downwash’ design.
Just as all eyes were on the underneath of Sergio Perez’s Red Bull in Monaco, everyone will be looking out for Ferrari’s updates in Barcelona this weekend… By: Charles Bradley, Global Editor in Chief
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