In essence, suspension travel will materialize by movement of the pull rod. With the main suspension arms slowing down at nearly 16°, the pull rod runs from the lowest edge of the nose to the uppermost end of the wheel's upright, creating a 10° angle for the pull rod.
Ferrari though appears confident it can be done differently. It was deemed more practical to have a pull rod, as this could run from high on the nose to low in the upright, creating a steep angle for which it was easier to setup the suspension. Most striking however is Ferrari's front pull rod suspension, a feature not seen in F1 ever since the introduction of high noses. With the front bulkhead designed to be as high as possible above the ground for better undercar airflow, a step-up in the nose was one of the most striking features at the launch, and likely also one of the most disliked. The shape of the nose is mainly determined by new aerodynamic regulations which state that any car part ahead of the front wheels must not be higher than 55cm above the reference plane. This feature was also on the F150 and speeds up air flowing in between the pillars, and helps to draw more air towards the centre of the car. The pillars themselves are positioned so that the trailing edges are closer to each other compared to the leading edges. Technicalįerrari further developed the front wing that the team were testing in the final races of 2011 and fitted these with large pillars onto a wide but very thin nose cone. Ferrari had made it no secret that the arrival of Pat Fry would induce more risk taking into the design process of the Italian cars, and it easily shows at first glimpse on the F2012. While some argue it is an ugly car, it does feature many interesting technical bits.
The circumstances however didn't degrade the technical masterpiece that Ferrari designed over winter.
The launch itself was also simply an online one, as invites were cancelled, also because of the weather. The shakedown of the car that was planned after the launch at Maranello was cancelled due to snowfall. The car was launched on February 3, after which it was immediately shipped to Jerez for its first test on Tuesday 7 Feb. The F2012 is the fifty eighth Formula One car built by Ferrari and is named after its year of manufacture. Team: Scuderia Ferrari SpA Team: Pat Fry ( TD), Nikolas Tombazis ( CD), Stefano Domenicali ( MD)ĭrivers: Fernando Alonso (5), Felipe Massa (6)
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