Ferrari restructures aero department

By Jay
January 7 2011

Ferrari, in it's bid to win the championship from Red Bull, has restructred it's aerodynamic department and also upgraded it's wind tunnel.

The announcement to this effect was made by Ferrari's chief designer Nikolas Tombazis.

“Mainly in the area of aerodynamics our car was not as good as the Red Bull,” Tombazis told to the German magazine Sport Bild.

“That’s why we have restructured the aerodynamics department, upgraded our wind tunnel and launched an ambitious development programme."

“And of course we are looking to have new and innovative components,” he added.

Red Bull's aero advantage last season proved too strong, and with fresh changes Ferrari hopes to improve the aero-efficiency of the cars in the coming season.

“But we are expecting a fairly big step up for the first race,” revealed Tombazis. “The configuration has a lot of development potential.”

Fernando Alonso will give Ferrari’s 2011 car its track debut at the Valencia group test that begins on February 1st.