The FTM wing invented by Ferrari banned for 2027

A beautiful Ferrari innovation, but enough is enough When the FIA ​​described the 2027 regulations, it explained several times that it would intervene during the season to sort out the interpretation of the inevitable gray areas. This was the case for the compression ratio of the Mercedes engine and recently for the Mercedes toothed diffuser.
Another area has ended up under the Federation’s magnifying glass, namely the exhausts of the single-seaters on which fins have multiplied that direct the gases towards the rear wing. The pioneer of this innovation was Ferrari, but all the teams followed suit with their own interpretation, and even at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull brought its own version of the FTM fin to the track.
The idea was declared to comply with regulatory standards, but the Federation immediately raised the question of whether the war on development was appropriate in this area of ​​the machine. The ban is official With the publication of the first draft of the F1 2027 technical regulations, the Federation clarified in point C2.3.7 that the FTM fin has been banned: “With the exception of the exhaust terminal (Tailpipe), no part of the car can be inside a circular cylinder that intersects the planes Xr=385 and to that of the right circular cylinder defined in Article C3.9.3 (g)”. As explained, the FIA ​​decided to intervene to stop the expenses relating to this area and for the clear desire to have fewer aerodynamic load points on the single-seaters of the next Formula 1 season.

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2026-06-27 03:30:00