Ferrari will finally follow Red Bull’s lead with the suspension layout of its 2012 car.
That is the claim of the Italian daily Corriere dello Sport, revealing that a scale model of the Maranello based team’s new car is already clocking up the miles in the wind tunnel.

With its 2011 design, the 150 Italia, Ferrari raised some eyebrows by sticking with its usual push-road suspension philosophy rather than opting for Red Bull’s pull-rod layout.

“At Maranello, everything has been called into question in light of the unsatisfactory results of this season,” said the Italian newspaper report.

“The (pull-rod) system will allow for a lower and smaller rear end but it will appear only next season,” added Corriere dello Sport.

“In the last six races of this year, even in the races, mechanical and aerodynamic parts (for 2012) will be tested.”

Sebastian Vettel for the weekend began on schedule in Valencia. Only around the blink of 56 thousandths of a second he landed in his Red Bull behind the acclaimed by the Spanish fans Fernando Alonso, Ferrari retreaded. “We were on a track that we really is not so, pretty good move. But it will be tight, as in Canada,” says the runner.

Vettel was another 88 thousandths of a second faster than his Australian team-mate Mark Webber, who was third place, that the “bull” quickly on the long straights of Valencia on the road. This could have lain on the “second air” for Red Bull set to an unsatisfactory trial in Istanbul for the first time back on their own version of the invented competitor McLaren duct system, which allows greater speed.

“In the morning it was still not as good in the afternoon then better,” said Vettel, who hopes to use one in the running. If the system working, “then it is a big help.”

(TMS)