This is what Ferrari’s new ‘SF-24’ car looks like for the next World Championship

The Italian Ferrari team the most successful in the history of Formula 1, presented his new one this Tuesday single seater ‘SF-24’ for the next World Cup, the last one to be driven by Spaniard Carlos Sainz, who will leave his place in 2025 to the Englishman and seven-time champion ‘Sir’ Lewis Hamilton.

He Monaco’s Charles Leclerc, which was renewed last January for several seasons, and Spanish Carlos Sainz They already have a new car with which they are trying to break the hegemony of Red Bull: ‘SF-24’, the seventieth Ferrari car built for the Formula 1 world championship, which is virtually presented to all motorcycling fans.

The car retains the classic and historic red color that represents this historic team, although it includes details in white and yellow that, in addition to having an aesthetic function, want to represent the link with the city of Modena (Emilia Romagna, north), the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari.

Black, on the other hand, loses its importance, because it is present only in the lower part of the car and in the protective halo.

Carlos Sainz assessed the car before starting his final season in the red suit: “When I first saw the ‘SF-24’ I wanted to get in it and start the engine… I can’t wait to drive it on the test track, as the simulator shows , which is the step forward we all want,” he said in statements provided by Ferrari.

“The goal is to have a more manageable car and therefore with a constant pace of the race, which are the basic conditions for us to be able to fight for victory,” he pointed out.

“We drivers did everything we could to give precise information to the technicians and I’m sure the engineers working in Maranello will meet us,” added the Madrid native.

For his part, Leclerc commented that he “really likes the new project,” especially the “white and yellow body details.”

However, his main interest is not aesthetics: “SF-24” “It promises to be less responsive and more manageable, and I’d say for us that’s exactly what we need to do well.”

“I expect a step forward in many aspects and from what I could understand in the simulator, I think we are where we want to be. This season the goal is always to be in front: I want to reward our fans with many good races and dedicate myself to winning them again,” he declared is. Monegasque.

Drivers who last year had the opportunity to test the car on the legendary Fiorano track in Maranello (Modena), the home of Ferrari, will have to wait a few days to do their first tests with the car. ‘Climbing horse’, aalthough it will be before the official tests in Bahrain for commercial reasons.

For his part, the general manager of the Ferrari team, Frenchman Fred Vasseur, said that he is determined to maintain the level from the end of last season.

“This year we have to start again from where we left off at the end of last season, when we were constantly in the first positions,” he said.

“The most challenging championship in the history of Formula 1 awaits us and we agree with Charles and Carlos: we must be efficient in taking advantage of the opportunities, trying to win points in every race,” he pointed out.

The 2024 World Championship will begin on March 2 with the Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit.