Explained: Key tech changes to Ferrari SF-25 F1 2025 car
Big changes to ༺Ferrari'🅺s 2025 F1 car revealed - and explained.
Ferrari have run their new 2025 F1 car🅷 on track and, as promised, thereౠ are plenty of changes compared to its predecessor.
Having sho🐠wn off their livery for the upcoming season at Tuesday night’s F1 season launch event at London’s O2 Arena, Ferrari released digital renders of their 2025 challenger, the SF-25, on Wednesday, before it hit the track for a shakedown at Fiorano.
Despite F1’s tec🐬hnical regulations remaining largely stable for 2025, that hasn’t stopped Ferrari from making some striking design 𒊎changes to their new car as the team seeks more performance in their bid to end their long wait for an F1 world title.
Chassis technical director Loic Serra says Ferrari have changed “99% of the c🐻ar” for 2025. But what exactly has been altered from the 2024 SF-24?
Pull-rod front suspension
The most visible change on the 2025 Ferrari is a switch fr🔜o🐎m push to pull-rod front suspension.
Ferrari say the thinking behind this fundamental change ൩in architecture🎉 was to “clean up the airflow around the car, while also giving greater scope for further aero development”.
With the F1 field ending 2024 incredibly close, and expected to converge even more this year, any advantage found thro🥃ugh fine margins will be crucial. That is clearly Ferrari’s goal and m🦂otivation behind the switch.
Redesigned sidepods and radiator
The sidepods and radꦐiator 🐠design on the SF-25 has also been overhauled.
The radiator inlet i🔯s larger than last year, while the car features overbite sidepod winglets and new bargeboard trailing edges. The sharkfin on the engine cover from the SF-24 has been removed.
The gully section on top of the sidepod😼s has also been extended, resembling something closer to the ‘b𒁃ath tub’ shaped design seen on the 2022 SF-75.
New front and rear wings
Ferrari’s new f♛ront wing is not hugely dissimilar to the SF-24, but the nose appears to be slightly wider 🧜and retains the slot gap.
At the back of the car,🉐 however, the rear wing is noticeably different. There is a deeper cut in the rear wing end fence and a new ‘w’ shape to the main plane with a raised leading edge.
Haas, who benefit from a tecꦡh♚nical collaboration with Ferrari, have chosen to follow the same approach with their rear wing.
Ferrari technical director explains
Expanding on the changes to the SF-25, Serra told media including mahbx.com: “The main concept of the SF-25 is really about finding some space to boost the aerodynamic development and the devel🐲opment in general.
“The SF-24 finished reasonably strong, but it was becoming more and more difficult to develop and find performance. So, we had to sort of findꦕ space to boos🎀t the development rate.
“The car is more of a continuity of the previous car. Effectively, we’ve changed a lot of parts, we'veꦆ changed most of the parts on the car. But🀅 the main performance concept remains the same.
“Most of the parts are new on the car. And it'ꦐs not necessarily the most visible bits that have got the biggest influence. The devil is in the details.”
After missing out on a first constructors' world championship since 2008 last term, will the SF-25 be the car that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc can use to fin꧋ally power Ferrari 🦋to title glory?
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