Although the VF-22 may be different when it appears at the first test, the early snapshot was enough to provide some insight into how teams have approached things in a different way to the FOM show cars we saw last year.
As F1 now builds up for a run of launches this week, including Red Bull, Aston Martin and McLaren, there are some key areas that can be focused on where teams may make different choices in their quest for performance.
Wheelbase
One area where teams did things very differently in the past was with car length.
If we compare this year’s rules to last year’s, we’ll note that whilst the wheelbase (the measurement between the axle lines) might not seem dissimilar to the cars we’ve had recently, the introduction of a maximum wheelbase measurement will stop them from increasing further still.
Sidepods
As seen in the illustrations of the 2022 cars, the area where we might see the most design divergence is in the sidepods. The green highlighted bodywork shows the…
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