Ferrari SF-25

[nico5]

Top of the sidepods reminds of the F1-75 or just me

https://postimg.cc/p9x5nC2d screenshot capture

Similar shapes, but this is high energy air pulled down over the diffuser, back in 2022 it was low energy and was kept higher up.

[f1316]

It seems like aggressive optimisation of last year's concept, only with some of the best bits of Ferrari's initial ideas for this ruleset in 2022 continuing to creep back in.

We'll see what the physical car looks like but I'm impressed with how tight and sculpted the sidepods are, especially given they've retained the small airbox. No one else ever follows Ferrari's lead in the triangular airbox (and Mclaren, for example, have added centre line cooling) but I'm convinced it's one of Ferrari's key advantages.

[Sevach]

It looks like the whole sidepod was moved backwards and made narrower, more sculptured, in important areas.
Making better use of the letterbox infront of the sidepod too.

RW is an interesting design as well.

Of course floor performance is king so we need to wait and see what they've gained here.

[dialtone]

I think the new MCL has a similar rear wing concept.

The car looks fairly aggressive in the details, lots of surfaces that were much simpler in the last couple of years are now a lot more developed like above sidepods, above the floor inlet and the inlet stakes, the engine cover surface seems a lot more sculpted, the belly also required some cooling optimizations to make it so tight.

Looking forward to see it at testing.

[wowgr8]

We'll see what the physical car looks like but I'm impressed with how tight and sculpted the sidepods are, especially given they've retained the small airbox. No one else ever follows Ferrari's lead in the triangular airbox (and Mclaren, for example, have added centre line cooling) but I'm convinced it's one of Ferrari's key advantages.

I wonder whether the (lack of) split turbo has anything to do with their chosen cooling philosophy, they have persisted with it for a good while now, since 2019?

[f1316]

We'll see what the physical car looks like but I'm impressed with how tight and sculpted the sidepods are, especially given they've retained the small airbox. No one else ever follows Ferrari's lead in the triangular airbox (and Mclaren, for example, have added centre line cooling) but I'm convinced it's one of Ferrari's key advantages.

I wonder whether the (lack of) split turbo has anything to do with their chosen cooling philosophy, they have persisted with it for a good while now, since 2019?

Possibly, but they’ve actually used a narrow air box always exclusively since 2009 (when they still had the v8s). The only real deviations were in 2016 and 2018 (both the base shape and when they added the ears) but otherwise it’s always been narrow and often triangular throughout. I think it’s a real philosophy thing and not purely related to layout (although that may also play a part, of course.

[michl420]

Had anyone this "2021 spec" rear mirror houses (with winglet around) in 2024 or are they a Ferrari special this year?

[F1NAC]

Is the rear pushrod or pull rod. Hard to tell from these angles

Pull rod

[sucof]

I am not sure if these are renders. Also, in the past, Ferrari gave us photos when introducing the new car.
Nevertheless, I love the rear wing! It seems like truly incorporating the loss the bodywork causes in front of it.
The middle dip... and if you look at it from above, it is also smaller in its horizontal axis as well. This is not like a spoon wing, where I think the main gain they are looking for is the minimising of endplate losses. This is about bodywork dirty air losses, and somehow very new and different for Ferrari.
But I am also sure, there are some parts of the car that is not the finished version we will see in Melbourne.

[Luscion]

[Space-heat]

Beautiful. Love the darker red!

Intakes look way further back. Interesting that George was saying a driver knows 5 laps in if the car is good.

Someone get a picture of Charles in the garage.

[Venturiation]

[F1NAC]

Beautiful. Love the darker red!

Intakes look way further back. Interesting that George was saying a driver knows 5 laps in if the car is good.

Someone get a picture of Charles in the garage.

Missed the apex by mile. Too much understeer again. Pack it up boys.

/s

[sucof]

Beautiful. Love the darker red!

Intakes look way further back. Interesting that George was saying a driver knows 5 laps in if the car is good.

Someone get a picture of Charles in the garage.

Missed the apex by mile. Too much understeer again. Pack it up boys.

/s

There should be a separate like button for great humour in this forum Also, moderators who are happy to see us talking fun besides the very strict theme.
Anyways, humour upvote

[JPBD1990]

The sidepod intakes do indeed seem further back this year. Anyone good with photoshop? Usually the little comparisons are available with the slider from previous car to the new one but I haven’t seen anything of the like this year.