Hoping Ferrari has learned from past seasons mistakes, the team unveiled its fighter for this year. Being the first car to be released or shown to public, it got much attention and the event was diverse as well.

With 2020 being a transition season, the SF1000 has to please Tifosi and make sure carrying “1000” is an honor and not a burden. The team is celebrating its 1000 Grand Prix in the Canada GP.

The car has some “horns” surrounding the inlet area and would be a safe assumption to straight-guide airflow to the rear wing.

Also the nose is very different from what Mercedes is showing this season for example and even though it follows same old concept, it seems to inspire the Red Bull nose. The front end shows an overall wing that flushes out to the sides and minimizes the tyre coverage showing a more naked tyre than what Mercedes is attempting. The endplates are straight and not curved outwards the wheel which could let to some unnecessary flow straight to the outer side of the wheel, not really desirable aerodynamically. S-duct has been kept.

It has been mentioned the elements under the nose as vanes to play more with the air under the car and push it through the barge boards. What I find suitable and an area yet to explode is the suspension. Suspension arms in the car seemed to be taken care of during the development phase at Maranello and even if they managed to keep the frontal area of those, the flat surface is reacting much better to the upcoming airflow than the old suspension arms, also they seem to have a profile.

By the barge board area, the over complicated design has taken over again adding elements to work with the wake of the front wheels and guide it more streamlined (if possible) to the sidepods

There are plates channeling near the sidepods and the top plate ends with the tip lifted upwards. The airflow would avoid the rear wheels and create behind this tip some turbulence for the car behind, assuming the main objective is to avoid as much as possible air hitting straight on the rear wheel.

Overall, the car has a pronounced rake and it will be a challenge to predict how Ferrari will handle this change of setup on the upcoming tests. By looking at the side the shark fin has become much larger showing teams are in general exploiting the regulation’s flexibility regarding the dark back areas. Rear wing does not seem to have a big change this season but of course, this part, as many parts of the car will be changed and tuned during the first week of winter testing when a better analysis can be produced.