With the delay of the new regulations until 2022 due to the Coronavirus pandemic which has occurred this year, teams will be allowed to develop their current cars into 2021. However, it will be limited with the token system that is in place. 

After the controversy over their engine last year and a private settlement that was agreed with the FIA before the 2020 season began, Ferrari are a long way behind in the engine department compared to their competitors; they’ve also found themselves fighting in the midfield with the likes of Racing Point, Renault and McLaren. 

As well as looking for gains on the engine side, Ferrari will be focusing on redoing the rear of the car for next year, according to Simone Resta.  

"We will redo the rear of the car," said Resta talking to Autosprint. "We think that this is the area that will allow more room for development between chassis and aerodynamics for 2021. 

"Furthermore, the rear of the car will be affected by regulatory changes that the FIA are introducing to reduce the aerodynamic load in order to limit the stress on the tyres. 

"As a result of these [floor] changes, all teams will lose a number of points of downforce, and it will be essential to work to recover as much as possible. All of this makes us believe that the most important area in which to spend development tokens is the rear." 

Despite the opportunity to improve the engine and the rear of their 2021 challenger, Resta believes the ‘’limitations’’ within the rules means the chance of challenging Mercedes and Red Bull will be ''difficult.''

"Freedom is not as total as it appears," he added. "You can develop [the engine] freely [over the winter] but it will be frozen from the first 2021 race onwards. Then you can't touch it any more. 

"The aerodynamics, even if free, are still limited in form by what [structure] is underneath. You have to consider aerodynamics like a dress: it must be worn over a body, so in a certain sense the dimensions of the body affect the final shape. 

"So, if the [F1] nose structure remains the same, I may be able to design a new front wing but my creative autonomy will still be limited. All these freezes and limitations lead us to think that we will find it difficult to reasonably recover in a single season the gap we have now to the leaders."