The following was published by La Gazzetta Sportiva. I've given a quick summary followed by a more detailed effort (thanks to a friend of mine - thanks Mary
)
Bear in mind none of this is official and is probably mostly conjecture. The bit about the venting/channeling all heat to specific outlets has appeared on a few SF/technical sites so there may be something to that. I've also heard about the stepped nose elsewhere as well - interesting and, hopefully it works.
Summary:-
Pull-rod rear suspension
Drivers lower and more inclined (similar to McLaren)
Rear wing not final
Venting heat from a single central hole (already speculated about - interesting)
Stepped nose
Front wing like we saw in Korea
Also mentions the exhaust is in the defined area
Fuller translation:-
In less than a month, we will be seeing a Ferrari, that has no ties with the past at the
Maranello unveilling, expected at the beginning of February.
Changes: There will be a number of changes starting with the external “dressing”,
even if initially the single-seater will be camouflaged, using the same wings that the
150' Italia ended the season with (numbers 1 and 9). Rather than predicting what
those changes might be, we chose to create a mosaic of the expected changes,
starting with those already simplistically applied to the 2011 single-seater, namely
the two regulations that will impact on all the cars as compared to last year’s
models, the height of the rear of the car, thus the height of the nose (2) and the
banning of the blown diffuser (6).
Diffuser: Previously banned, now subject to very strict electronic limits to avoid hot
exhausts, even when in low acceleration, Red Bull’s strength in 2011. Of the two
new regulations, especially the second, has influenced the rear aerodynamic
design, basically from scratch. It’s important to remember that the primary
objective of everyone in research is to find a solution that will not nullify the
advantages obtained in 2011 of the hot exhaust in the diffuser. In fact, the research
is concentrated on how to position and direct the residual effect blown, to render
the rear wings more efficient, comprised of two levels that are distinguishable.
Incline/height: The regulations restrict the exhausts in the area away from the
diffuser and rear (6) of the car, has left a certain amount of freedom (around 30' on
the longitudinal axis/side and 10' on the transversal) that will allow a notable
variation on the possible solutions for the rear wings. And the rear is exactly where
we will see different and unedited solutions.
Aspiration: The Ferrari (like the ToroRosso) introduced, since the Belgium GP, a new
group of diffusers which uses a sort of “intake” ventricle (5) that might guarantee a
type of hot exhaust, even in low acceleration and without contravening the bans
imposed by the FIA on the electronics.
Suspension: Untried, at least for the Reds, the rear axle will be very low and very
wide, but most importantly will be a pull-rod rear suspension design, in line with
what most of the other teams have been using since 2011 based on the
revolutionary design introduced by Red Bull in 2009. Based on the McLaren,
however, the driving position, with the driver more reclined and seated lower; a
choice that was experimented with by the Ferrari drivers on the 150' Italia since the
Turkish GP. The new Ferrari should therefore appear slimmer and smaller at the
sides and at the rear axle. Finally, let’s not forget that the responsibility for the new
project, Pat Fry, had the same role at McLaren in 2009, thus it is inevitable that there
will be some similarities with the MP4 single-seater.
