"If you don't have aerodynamic features - like the F-duct or the exhaust blown diffuser - then you want to implement them, so you develop them at home, build them on to the car and test them on the race weekend, " explained Schumacher, who was used to unlimited testing in his previous Formula 1 career.

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In addition, whereas barnacles just ooze out their cement, Crassicorophium processes its material in a spider-like spinning duct.

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Fernando Alonso reports the Ferrari feels more competitive without the F-duct and the team, like Red Bull, have canned the aerodynamic device.

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Visually, the software looks like a version of Windows with touch-screen features, like a button to activate the keyboard, duct taped on top.

CNN: Mark Milian