The Maranello-based team had originally intended to run last year’s SF21 car for the four days of the test, which is scheduled as a warm-up exercise for race drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr, plus tester Robert Shwartzman.
However, shortly before the testing programme began, Ferrari had to revise its plans because of confusion over whether or not it was actually allowed to run one of last year’s cars.
F1 is currently in a state of flux over the sporting regulations for 2022, with the only published rules being an early draft that was approved as long ago as April last year.
Teams and the FIA have been working on making amendments to these for the season ahead, but these have not yet been pushed through the formal process for ratification by the governing body’s World Motor Sport Council.
A number of revisions are being made, including planned provisions for sprint races plus the carry-over of Friday practice sessions running to 60 minutes rather than the 90…
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