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Istanbul is well known for its high temperatures and many teams increase the cooling capabilities of their cars here to prevent reliability issues. This is not the case on the Ferrari, as the multiple cooling gill system introduced earlier in the season is already more than efficient enough to cope. This is because the system's clean design means the hot air from the angled radiators in the sidepods does not face any obstructions as it exits the bodywork (blue arrow) via the 15 gills (per side) and flows freely towards the rear of the car.

Introduced in Hungary and retained for Turkey, a thin Gurney tab (blue arrows) has been applied to the top half of the shields. The tab has a slightly curved side profile, wider at the extremities and narrower at the centre, so as to split the airflow in this area in two. This reduces the turbulence generated by the inner portion of the shields and helps with hot-air extraction via the diagonal vent in the lower section (red arrow).