Ferrari beat everybody to launch its new F1 car the Ferrari F150. The name aims to mark the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification and the Italian flag is displayed on the back plate of the rear wing. Rumors had it that the new Ferrari resembles last year’s Red Bull RB6 that claimed the F1 crown. Things remain vague but the picture will become clearer with the first couple official F1 tests.
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“The major aspects with the most impact on the project were connected to the aerodynamic development,” explained technical director Aldo Costa. “The double diffuser, the F-duct, is gone. The driver can’t change the car’s aerodynamic set up anymore. The underbody won’t have any ‘holes’ in the central part anymore. This is a fundamental change.
“The rear wing will be movable, so that the driver can overtake the car in front of him and use it in the qualifying according to his needs. The KERS is back. Although we’ve improved its size, it’s still quite big. Therefore the technicians had to redesign the car’s layout.”
“We’ve restructured the team of the track engineers,” explained team Principal Stefano Domenicali. “There are the vice technical director, Pat Fry, who coordinates Alonso’s and Massa’s engineers, Andrea Stella and Robert Smedley respectively, and technical director Aldo Costa, who remains the head coordinator regarding all technical aspects. We had a further improvement regarding strategies, introducing a new person with several different experiences, Neil Martin.”
“They are very motivated and ‘charged’,” said Domenicali. “I’ve seen them in the last weeks and we spent some time together in Madonna di Campiglio during the Wrooom week. I have to say that they understand that this is, for many reasons, a very important year for them and they know that we all have to give it our all.”
Ferrari will be followed by Lotus, Sauber and Renault who launch their cars on Monday ahead of the first test of the season.
