zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Racing
/
Scuderia Ferrari Is Even Bad At Spying Now
Scuderia Ferrari Is Even Bad At Spying Now-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:48

Poor Sebastian Vettel. It's been his lifelong dream to drive for Ferrari's Formula One team only to get there when the team's a . Most recently, they've been caught red-handed with a thermal camera above the Mercedes pits.

These pics come via on Twitter, who asked, "Could someone explain me what was this girl doing above box of with a termic camera?"

I mean, she is right over the Mercedes pit stall while the car is pulling in, and Mercedes has been the team to catch in 2014.

Well, um. Hmm. Clearly she's doing what any other self-respecting person would do with a thermal imaging camera and monitoring for farts, right?

Seems legit.

Here's the other photos of Ferrari definitely not spying on their competition, and totally scoping for farts with the FartCam.

Clearly, lots of NOT SPYING going on there.

One of the Mercedes team officials, however, didn't see it as a FartCam.

Unfortunately for anyone trying to study the effects of track food on Formula One teams' flatulence, thermal imaging cameras can be used to study where heat is concentrated on the car itself, thus giving some clues as to its design.

Yeah, that's gonna be a talkin'-to.

Ferrari, time to sack your entire Department of Sneaky Business, too. Clearly, they're not good at keeping this kind of stuff under the radar.

Maybe you can hire someone from now that Seb's there.

Mercedes-Benz is the official victor of the Formula One Constructor's championship, but for me, it…

All images belong to .

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Racing
Weekend Motorsport Roundup; January 12-13th, 2019
Weekend Motorsport Roundup; January 12-13th, 2019
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend? It’s really cold where...
Oct 30, 2025
Transport Back in Time With This Incredible Le Mans Onboard from 1956
Transport Back in Time With This Incredible Le Mans Onboard from 1956
Onboard videos of race cars are almost taken for granted nowadays, given how easily accessible they are. But it’s rare as hell to find a halfway decent onboard footage from the golden era of racing—so take a few minutes and take a lap of the Le Mans circuit with Mike...
Oct 30, 2025
Dakar Rally Truck Driver Disqualified for Not Stopping After He Hit a Spectator
Dakar Rally Truck Driver Disqualified for Not Stopping After He Hit a Spectator
As a group of spectators in the path of a truck competitor ran to get out of the way over the weekend, one tripped and fell in the sand. The truck ran over the spectator’s leg while its driver, who said he didn’t know it happened, was later disqualified from...
Oct 30, 2025
F1 Is Using an 'Overtaking Simulation' to Design Better Race Tracks With More Passing
F1 Is Using an 'Overtaking Simulation' to Design Better Race Tracks With More Passing
’s passing numbers, especially at the front of the field, —even with accounting for . Since passes are usually integral to entertainment quality in racing, it’s a bad deal. But F1 hasn’t given up on the problem, and is apparently using simulations to better design tracks. Longtime engineer and current...
Oct 30, 2025
This is the Speed Difference Between the New Formula E Car and the Old One
This is the Speed Difference Between the New Formula E Car and the Old One
Three seconds is a lot in the motorsport world. A Formula One team would pay millions of dollars to find three seconds in their lap time at a given track year over year. The entire Formula E grid got 3 seconds quicker at the series’ Marrakesh race this weekend, and...
Oct 30, 2025
How Paraplegic Motorbike Rider Nicola Dutto Made It to Dakar
How Paraplegic Motorbike Rider Nicola Dutto Made It to Dakar
The road from a debilitating crash to getting back into the thick of competition is a long and tough one for any driver—but it’s been an especially difficult journey for Italian motorbike rider Nicola Dutto. Six years after an injury that left him paralyzed, Dutto lined up to start the...
Oct 30, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved