{"id":17609,"date":"2013-01-19T08:17:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T13:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=17609"},"modified":"2013-01-19T08:17:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T13:17:15","slug":"ferrari-to-evolve-pull-rod-layout-for-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/ferrari-to-evolve-pull-rod-layout-for-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari to evolve &#8216;pull-rod&#8217; layout for 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari is sticking with its novel &#8216;pull-rod&#8217; front suspension layout for 2013, technical director Pat Fry has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" alt=\"Ferrari\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2012-rif-images\/f1-12-logos\/Ferrari.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"115\" \/>Last year, the Italian team stunned its rivals by reviving a concept not seen in F1 since Minardi raced around at the back of the grid in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Alonso ultimately came close to winning last year&#8217;s title, but it is true Ferrari initially struggled with its F2012, which even when heavily developed was never the most competitive car in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the &#8216;pull-rod&#8217; project was worth it, Fry told Germany&#8217;s Auto Motor und Sport: &#8220;It was certainly not our problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You get get a little aerodynamic advantage from it.\u00a0 We solved the structural problems well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the issues is that the layout makes it hard for the mechanics to work on the front of the car, but Fry said an &#8220;evolution&#8221; is ready to debut in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will build on it, but it will look different,&#8221; he revealed.\u00a0 &#8220;I would not be surprised if some others follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we talked about it for the first time, the first reaction was &#8216;This is crazy&#8217;.\u00a0 But if you weigh up all the pros and cons, it&#8217;s not so stupid,&#8221; added Fry.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari is sticking with its novel &#8216;pull-rod&#8217; front suspension layout for 2013, technical director Pat Fry has confirmed. Last year, the Italian team stunned its rivals by reviving a concept not seen in F1 since Minardi raced around at the back of the grid in 2001. Fernando Alonso ultimately came close to winning last year&#8217;s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[5262,93,5340,1599],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17610,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609\/revisions\/17610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}