Ferrari already has a car for the 2024 Formula 1 season. The team based in Maranello today presented its new car for the 2024 season, an SF-24 that will be the sixth for Charles Leclerc since his arrival to the team in 2019 and the fourth and last for Carlos Sainz, at least in this first stage in Ferrari, after knowing the signing of Lewis Hamilton by the Italian house for the 2025 season.
The presentation event was less pompous than the media display that Ferrari carried out for the presentation of the SF-23 last year. Those of Horse They have opted for discretion this time, although throughout the day they also performed the runway premiere of the new SF-24.
To do this, the Italians carried out a ‘shakedown’ at the Fiorano circuit, within their own facilities.
Ferrari has chosen to leave behind its concept of the previous two years and make a more Red Bull-style car with the main objective of making the SF24 more predictable for its drivers and having a greater correct window of use. Ferrari has completely redesigned its car and the changes can be seen with the naked eye.
In addition to the introduction of the yellow color and the absence of exposed carbon fiber, the SF-24 is characterized by a significant remodeling in the pontoon area, with large and more protruding air intakes that contribute to creating an extensive channel. lower part of the lower part of the pontoon, where the protuberance that Ferrari implemented with its major 2023 update disappears.
In the rear area, Ferrari makes important changes in a partial convergence with the design of the engine cover and the upper area of the sidepods. In this way, the red car implements in the SF-24 an engine cover with more relief, intended to guide the air as it pleases towards the diffuser area. At the top of the pontoons, Ferrari introduces the famous depressions or ‘ramps’ although in their case they are not as extreme as that of Aston Martin or the one that McLaren also introduced last year.
What the pilots think
The pilots of Ferrari Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were optimistic today at the unveiling of a 2024 car that they hope will be easier to drive and develop during Formula One’s longest season.
The sport’s most successful team, and the only one to have completed every world championship since 1950, fell to third place in the overall standings last year, behind Mercedes and champion Red Bull.
The Monegasque Leclerc He said the SF-24, which the team says “breaks with the tradition of the last two years,” should be less responsive and easier to drive than the difficult and disappointing 2023 model.
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“I hope the car takes a step forward in several areas and, from the impression I have formed in the simulator, I think we are where we want to be,” he added after the online and physical presentation at the Fiorano test circuit.
Furthermore, he remarked: “This season the goal is to always be among the first, I want to give a lot of joy to our fans.”
Leclerc will once again be a teammate of the Spanish Sainz, who is in his last year in Maranello before making way for Mercedes’ seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in 2025.
Last season, Sainz He was the only driver to beat Red Bull and his victory in Singapore prevented the champions from sweeping all 22 races.
This season was expanded to a record 24 races, with the return from China after the pandemic and the return of Imola, Italy, after being canceled by last year’s floods.
“I’ve seen a completely different look, both in shape and design, and I’m excited about it. I can’t wait to drive it,” he said. Sainz.
The car is the first fully conceived under team boss Fred Vasseur, who took over from Mattia Binotto in January 2023. The Frenchman maintained that the team needed to continue the strong finish to last season.
“We also have to be focused on the weaknesses of 2023 and be much more opportunistic in terms of points achieved. We will be focused on this,” he added.
Ferrari finished last season with Leclerc second in Abu Dhabi, behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, but still 17.8 seconds behind the triple world champion, whose team had long ago given up developing its car.
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The technical director of the chassis, Enrico Cardile, He detailed that all areas of the Ferrari They had been redesigned.
“We have taken into account what the drivers have told us and have turned those ideas into an engineering reality, with the aim of giving them a car that is easier to drive and therefore easier to get the most out of and drive. to the limit,” he said.
The mostly red car is the 70th Ferrari has built to compete in Formula One, but for the first time since 1968 it features yellow and some white longitudinal stripes. The season starts in Bahrain on March 2.
Source: Ambito
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