Ferrari arrived in Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix with an intricate Halo mounted mirror which included an extra winglet, which was subsequently banned by the FIA for Monaco and beyond.
The system clearly stretched the rules to breaking point, as the winglets were there to provide some sort of aero advantage and appeared to have nothing to do with seeing the cars behind.
In Monte-Carlo, the Ferrari SF71-H still sported Halo mounted mirrors, but the winglets were removed after the FIA were forced to clarify the conditions and requirements of how these are mounted which were that the mirrors must:
- Provide a meaningful structural contribution to the mounting system. If you use more than one mounting you may be asked to satisfy us, by way of a physical test, to demonstrate this.
- Be mounted to the lower and/or inboard surface(s) of the mirror housing.
This, coupled to talk that the Ferrari have some intricate trickery involving the battery which is said to deliver an extra 20bhp, on tap, during qualifying, as well as the ongoing oil burning suspicions plus the extra paddle on Sebastian Vettel's wheel, means that many will be keeping a beady eye on the red cars this weekend in Monaco.
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