Ferrari is not testing its 2021 Formula 1 car at Fiorano today, having indicated it would yesterday.
The team has instead decided to run its 2018-specifiction SF71H in what was originally announced as a four-day test involving three drivers. The team also ran the car at Fiorano last year (pictured).
Testing of current cars, including those used in the previous season, is tightly restricted in Formula 1. However teams are allowed to conduct “testing of previous cars”, as defined by the regulations, “using cars which were designed and built in order to comply with the Formula 1 Technical Regulations of any of the three calendar years falling immediately prior to the calendar year preceding the championship.” That would permit cars from 2018, 2019 and 2020 this year.
As the technical rules have been drastically changed for the 2022 F1 season, teams were also expected to be allowed to use their 2021 machines as “previous cars”. However the 2022 regulations have not yet been…