Ferrari have run their new 2025 automobile, the SF-25, on observe for the primary time in a shakedown in Italy – a challenger they’ve described as being “completely new” forward of Lewis Hamilton’s maiden season in purple.
Recent from their look at Tuesday night time’s F1 season launch occasion at London’s O2 when the automobile’s newest livery was displayed on a present automobile, the Scuderia have been again on dwelling soil on Wednesday morning for the primary laps of their precise 2025 machine.
With new signing Hamilton watching on from the storage at their Fiorano check observe, Charles Leclerc accomplished the primary laps within the SF-25.
Hamilton can also be because of drive the automobile earlier than talking to the media at size for the primary time as a Ferrari driver.
Ferrari can full a 200km shakedown with the automobile forward of the beginning of official pre-season testing subsequent week, which takes place in Bahrain on February 26-28 – reside on Sky Sports activities F1.
Though F1’s rules for 2025 are static, Ferrari have made one vital change to their automobile by switching from push to pull-road entrance suspension with a view to open up extra avenues for aerodynamic improvement.
Explaining the notable change to the entrance of the automobile, Ferrari stated in an announcement: “The pondering behind this variation in structure was to wash up the airflow across the automobile, whereas additionally giving higher scope for additional aero improvement, which had just about been exhausted with the earlier iteration.
“The car is an evolution from every aspect when compared to last year’s, which provided a good starting point. It was designed with the aim of maximising the development potential of the car, in a season when, thanks to the long stability of the regulations now in their final year, one can expect the field to be extremely evenly matched with just thousandths of a second in lap time making the difference.”
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