Ferrari make worrying car design admission ahead of new F1 new season

Ferrari’s chassis head Enrico Cardile has said that the team has gone short of reaching some of their design goals for their new car at this stage, but that it shouldn’t be a massive issue as they begin working on in-season development.

Testing begins this week in Formula 1, with it perhaps set to be the most intriguing pre-season period we have seen in the sport for many a year.

Indeed, the new rules are coming into play and each team appears to have interpreted them slightly differently, making for a fascinating dynamic ahead of the new season.

The Ferrari certainly looks eye-catching, too, but it does appear that they feel there are still several areas they want to improve upon in the coming weeks and months.

“We have worked in an extremely complex setting: the most radical changes to the technical rules in 40 years,” said Cardile.

“And in addition, many changes to the sporting regulations, with a new weekend format, and then to top it off a budget cap.

“We have been forced to set many goals, some of them at odds with each other, and all of them challenging.

“To clear our thoughts, we have had to set some priorities among all these goals.

“Some we have achieved, others we have gone close but ultimately have not fully achieved them.

“We have already entered the in-season car development phase.

“Our aim is not only to attain the goals still to be achieved, but to go even further.

“We have already drawn up a development plan, in terms of both aerodynamics and under the bodywork.

“Obviously the budget cap means we must be pragmatic in terms of development, so I expect that updates will not be as frequent as we have been used to in the past.

“Two other parameters that will play a crucial role and may shift resources in one