Ferrari to drive f2004 in 2005

bernard · Post 09 Oct 2004, 15:00

Ferrari will start next year with a version of their this year's car.

They will drive about four races with a f2004 that has been updated to comply with the new rulechanges.
This way they will have more time to find the optimal solutions for their 2005 racer.
This comment came from Ross Brawn.

Carbon · Post 09 Oct 2004, 15:27

I think quite a few teams will be running a modified version of their '04 cars, inlight of the late rule changes coming down the pipes.

Monstrobolaxa · Post 09 Oct 2004, 17:16

Well Ferrari in the past have shown they can still be competitive with the previous years car....they're the only ones that can make such decision if they feel confidente enough....then do it! Though I rally think that the regs should stat that teams should start each season with a new car....unless due to financial reasons they cannot afford to build a new car. This would be voted by all of the other constructors, so that Ferrari and other big teams would say they had financial problems. So it should be unanimous.