Ferrari is able to make its presence felt in Formulation 1 for the 2025 championship. Identical to mother and father eagerly awaiting their new child, the anticipation for the disclosing of the Prancing Horse’s new automotive is changing into more and more excruciating. Every little thing and extra has been written in regards to the SF-25, but curiosity and the inevitable surprises make the occasion, as all the time, extremely fascinating. This yr, on the event of the seventy fifth version of the championship, Liberty Media has organized a showcase in London, on the multi-purpose O2 area, the place all of the liveries of the upcoming season’s single-seaters can be offered.
The brand new technical initiatives will proceed to be unveiled in devoted occasions, preserving the sacred nature of some of the eagerly awaited moments for followers and insiders. We prefer to assume that the groups have chosen this strategy to safeguard one of many premier class’s traditions, though sponsor visibility is clearly larger in a devoted occasion moderately than in a collective showcase. At 3:00 PM yesterday, Ferrari’s press workplace launched the schedule for the presentation of technical mission 677, which has been named, in continuity with the previous, Ferrari SF-25.
The automotive, which embodies the ambitions of the historic Maranello-based crew in its third yr beneath crew principal Frederic Vasseur’s administration, seems to have reached a stage of maturity able to aiming for any form of end result. In any case, Lewis Hamilton’s arrival could be seen as proof of the competitiveness required and, on the similar time, as proof that the crew has what it takes to persuade a driver whose solely purpose is to win the world championship. The longer the drought, the larger the starvation for victory—total generations have by no means seen the legendary Maranello crew declare a world title.
The SF-25 presentation schedule will span two days. The London occasion, lasting about two hours, can be attended by Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, and Frédéric Vasseur. The present automotive that includes the brand new livery is predicted to be the Ferrari F1-75, however last-minute surprises can’t be dominated out. Instantly after unveiling the brand new livery, the historic crew will make out there, by means of its official channels, an outline of the single-seater and its technical specs, akin to:
Chassis traits
Gearbox
Differential
Brakes
Suspensions
Energy unit specs
ERS specs
On the identical day, the rendering of the brand new single-seater and the drivers’ helmets can be unveiled. Additionally on February 18, the Prancing Horse will current the profiles of its key figures:
Frédéric Vasseur
Charles Leclerc
Lewis Hamilton
Jérôme d’Ambrosio – Vice Crew Principal
Loïc Serra – Technical Director, Chassis
Enrico Gualtieri – Technical Director, Energy Unit
Diego Ioverno – Sporting Director
Matteo Togninalli – Head of Observe Engineering
Ravin Jain – Head of Race Technique
Bryan Bozzi – Race Engineer for Charles Leclerc’s automotive
Riccardo Adami – Race Engineer for Lewis Hamilton’s automotive
Multimedia materials can be made out there, together with the video rendering of the SF-25 and Q&A periods with:
Frédéric Vasseur (in English and French)
Charles Leclerc (in English, Italian, and French)
Lewis Hamilton (in English)
Loïc Serra (in English and French)
Enrico Gualtieri (in English and Italian)
The next day, the SF-25 will take to the observe at its house circuit in Fiorano for the primary filming day of the season, throughout which it is going to be allowed to cowl a complete of 200 kilometers, as prescribed by sporting rules in paragraph 10.4 concerning “TCC Promotional Occasions.” On today, Ferrari’s driver duo will take turns behind the wheel of the brand new machine, essentially working some laps at restricted pace to permit for the filming that serves because the promotional function of the take a look at.
A primary contact that’s nonetheless essential for the preliminary fundamental purposeful checks of the brand new single-seater. All through the day, by means of the official channels of the historic Maranello primarily based F1 crew, the next can be made out there:
Video of the SF-25 on observe and behind-the-scenes footage
Images of the SF-25 with administration and drivers
A number of photographs
After that, all that continues to be is to attend for the collective checks in Bahrain to find out whether or not the laborious winter work can gasoline the professional ambitions of the crew led by Frédéric Vasseur.
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