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Ferrari questioning SF90 car concept after poor start to season

After its worse start to a Formula One season since 2016, Ferrari is exploring new aerodynamic concepts to extract more performance from its 2019 car.

Ferrari is already 118 points shy of Mercedes in the constructors' championship and has failed to win a race since the U.S. Grand Prix last season. It showed the potential to win in Bahrain and Baku this year, but reliability issues and driver errors saw the team fall short.

So far, its best result in 2019 was Sebastian Vettel's second place finish in Monaco.

The magnitude of Ferrari's struggles hit home at the Spanish Grand Prix when Vettel qualified 0.