Technical Review: Britain 2005

As the second of two back to back races, Silverstone hosted round eleven of the Championship. The old airfield circuit boasts several fast corners, including the high speed Beckets esses, two long straights and a number of heavy braking areas ahead of the two slower complexes. As a result, Silverstone demands aerodynamic efficiency and plenty of downforce; it also rewards power and traction. With the track similar in many ways to Magny Cours, the teams brought their French updates and bolstered them with some new parts.

Ferrari

We can now expand on the updates seen at the French Grand Prix, with more detail around the floor area. Ferrari have uniquely exploited another unused area where bodywork is allowed at the front of the splitter; this is allowed to be as high as the rear edge of the diffuser and starts at the front of the rear wheels. This exclusive adoption of a flap (yellow) around the front of the diffuser probably smoothes the complex heading into the coke bottle area to ensure the flow at the trailing edge of the diffuser is the best possible in order to get the gurneys work properly.