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Team principal Stefano Domenicali announced a few changes in the organization of Scuderia Ferrari, and also looked ahead to next season of the Formula 1 World Championship.
In a recent interview posted on Ferrari's web site, Domenicali said: “For a few months now, we have been working on a programme of reorganization along with the introduction of new methodologies, especially concerning the wind tunnel.”
“As you know, we are rebuilding the Maranello facility which will be closed until August. Until then, we will use the Toyota wind tunnel in Cologne. We have also adopted a better method of splitting up the work between those who run the wind tunnel and those who should concentrate more on the creative side of the job. This year, we saw that when we do too many things at the same time, maybe we are not efficient enough,” the Italian added.
The 2013 car will be powered by the existing 2.4-litre, normally aspirated V8 engine while the 2014 challenger will be completely different, and be powered by the new 1.6-litre turbo V6 motor.
“We have decided to have two coordinators: Simone Resta, an engineer who has developed his career in Maranello and is very effective, will work on the 2013 car and Fabio Montecchi, will deal with the one for the following year. But Nikolas Tombazis continues as chief designer, ” said Domenicali.
The team principal added: “We will need to try and push the technical regulations to the very limit, while maintaining our strong points from this year, or improving them still further, because the others will not be twiddling their thumbs, but not by almost brushing against illegality, as happened in 2009 with the double diffuser. However, we need to adopt a different, more creative approach.”
In a recent interview posted on Ferrari's web site, Domenicali said: “For a few months now, we have been working on a programme of reorganization along with the introduction of new methodologies, especially concerning the wind tunnel.”
“As you know, we are rebuilding the Maranello facility which will be closed until August. Until then, we will use the Toyota wind tunnel in Cologne. We have also adopted a better method of splitting up the work between those who run the wind tunnel and those who should concentrate more on the creative side of the job. This year, we saw that when we do too many things at the same time, maybe we are not efficient enough,” the Italian added.
The 2013 car will be powered by the existing 2.4-litre, normally aspirated V8 engine while the 2014 challenger will be completely different, and be powered by the new 1.6-litre turbo V6 motor.
“We have decided to have two coordinators: Simone Resta, an engineer who has developed his career in Maranello and is very effective, will work on the 2013 car and Fabio Montecchi, will deal with the one for the following year. But Nikolas Tombazis continues as chief designer, ” said Domenicali.
The team principal added: “We will need to try and push the technical regulations to the very limit, while maintaining our strong points from this year, or improving them still further, because the others will not be twiddling their thumbs, but not by almost brushing against illegality, as happened in 2009 with the double diffuser. However, we need to adopt a different, more creative approach.”