Under the skin of the Ferrari F138
Last year Ferrari nearly took the title with a car that initially seemed disastrous. Eager to make amends, for 2013 it has gone more conventional but more sophisticated, as Craig Scarborough explains
When Ferrari unveiled the much-anticipated F138 at its Maranello base, the new livery and the nose design immediately drew the eye.
But it is towards the rear of the car and in the details that there is the greatest evidence of new thinking, particularly in terms of aerodynamics.
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