{"id":2307,"date":"2010-02-10T06:59:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T11:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2010-02-10T06:59:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T11:59:53","slug":"unique-engine-mounting-is-2010-ferrari-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/unique-engine-mounting-is-2010-ferrari-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique engine mounting is 2010 Ferrari &#8216;secret&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The secret of Ferrari&#8217;s new formula one car could be the unique angle of its engine mounting, according to reports.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reports in France&#8217;s Auto Hebdo as well as the Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport said the V8 unit has been fitted to the F10 with a 3.5 degree angle.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sloping towards the front of the car, the idea was seen in the innovative Arrows A2 of 1979.<\/p>\n<p>31 years on, the design in 2010 could provide crucial additional airflow beneath the car to feed the more sophisticated and larger &#8216;double diffuser&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new Ferrari has a very interesting mechanical solution; most of the secrets are hidden under the bodywork,&#8221; technical director Aldo Costa is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The reports said the innovation could have shaved &#8220;a few tenths&#8221; off the lap time of the 2010 Ferrari, which at Valencia last week was the most competitive car.<\/p>\n<p>Designer Nikolas Tombazis admitted: &#8220;The diffuser is fundamental.\u00a0 To maximise performance, we have revised the rear and better integrated various components.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the F10, it (the diffuser) is much larger and more efficient compared to previous seasons,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The downside to a forward-angled engine mounting can be handling, because the centre of gravity of the rear of the car is heightened.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a9 RIF|GMM<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The secret of Ferrari&#8217;s new formula one car could be the unique angle of its engine mounting, according to reports. \u00a0 Reports in France&#8217;s Auto Hebdo as well as the Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport said the V8 unit has been fitted to the F10 with a 3.5 degree angle.<\/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":[549,669,670,5262,93,550],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307"}],"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=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2308,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}