Piola: Ferrari tries to cut F1 2019 downforce deficit in Austria

Ferrari emerged at the Red Bull Ring with two different configurations - it has augmented the new wing it brought to Paul Ricard last weekend with new turning vanes attached to the underside of the nose.

Giorgio Piola's image shows the new design, which features those turning vanes now being swept forward, along with another element added to enhance the overall control over the airflow in that area.

By picking up the rotational flow produced by the front wing tips, the air is carried along and then directed out to the bargeboards.

This is Ferrari's effort to improve the overall downforce level of its car, which it appears to have lacked throughout 2019 so far.

The wing mounting pylons have also changed, and now feature a small horizontal knife-edge along the bottom of the slots.

This aims to assist with carrying the airflow underneath the nose and bulkhead of the car's front end, which all aims to improve the flow structures further down the car.

Red Bull's nose scoop returns After dropping its nose crash structure inlet at Monaco, Red Bull has reverted to type and brought it back in Austria.

Red Bull is presumably aiming to improve its front-end downforce with a more conventional crash structure as it has dropped that design after three races.

Although it generates a stronger high pressure region on top of the nose, the design will also generate more drag - hindering the car's performance on the straights.

Returning to the scoop suggests that Red Bull is ready to dial in more straightline performance, boosted by its new specification of Honda power unit.

The scoop draws in airflow and fires it underneath the nose, aiming to trim off any high-pressure pockets that are generated through boundary layer separation.