Formula 1 2012: Ferrari Prepared to Sacrifice Aesthetics for Speed

With the season-opening Australian Grand Prix now less than two months away, the time has come for Formula One's giants to come out of hibernation and reveal their latest machines. Unfortunately for Ferrari, the excitement surrounding the launch of their new car for the 2012 season, scheduled for the 3rd of February at the team's Maranello base, has been dampened by a flood of information released in the Italian press.Italian Technical Illustrator, Giorgio Piola, was the first to reveal the information, before detailed drawings of the new car appeared in Autosprint.Perhaps the biggest performance-related revelation so far, according to those sources, is that the new Ferrari will feature a pull-rod suspension system—a clear a...

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