The
Ferrari's water radiators are mounted nearly horizontal and ahead of the front wheel centerline, and exhausted either side
of the cockpit opening. A splitter heads the water radiators, the
underside of which forms the front diffuser. The brake ducts are either side of the main inlet. |
 The
Ferrari's diffuser forms two channels either side of the tub. Note the strakes in the diffuser section. |
 The
underbody airflow splits at the horizontal lip which demarcates the
beginning
of the flat bottom. Originally on the 333 SP, the flat bottom
started
well behind the front wheel centerline. At the 1998 Petit Le
Mans, the Doyle Risi Ferrari was made to comply with the ACO rule and
bring
the flat bottom forward to the front wheel centerline. Part of
the
airflow exits out the top of the car, part goes into the side pod to
the
heat exchanger (on cars that had closed off the side intake for the oil
coolers and opted for a heat exchanger instead), and part continues
down the bottom of the car. |
 The
top exit expels air from the radiator while the bottom primarily, though not exclusively, expels
air from the front diffuser. |
