Ferrari SF-25

[Venturiation]

The official SF-25 thread to discuss the car hardware

[Cs98]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gioj7xPXYAA ... ame=medium
The official SF-25 thread to discuss the car hardware

Ah yes, the "Ferrai SF-25". Amazing.

[Holm86]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gioj7xPXYAA ... ame=medium
The official SF-25 thread to discuss the car hardware

Ah yes, the "Ferrai SF-25". Amazing.

They lost an R to weight saving

[hollus]

Hold your HPs until there is any new hardware, please.

[Venturiation]

More details in the renders

[hollus]

And that’s new, even if in render. Game on! Stickied.

[deadhead]

[Xyz22]

The switch from a front push rod to a front pull rod configuration is massive. It's easily the biggest change between all cars this season. Will it provide performance ? I have absolutely no clue.

Serra confirmed it was done for aero reasons, as expected.

[arees83]

More details in the renders
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkGhaGnWgAA ... name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkGhaGxWUAE ... name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkGhaGvWcAE ... name=large

Those look like interesting cooling outlets. I'm sure I am wrong though.

[DJ Downforce]

https://postimg.cc/5Y0HnGcP

Is it just me or is the overbite significantly longer than last year?

[Emag]

Interesting serrations on the outermost vane and a different vane arrangement/layout:



Sidepods seem less bulkier and with an indentation from the top. So it seems like they're not entirely flat before the waterslides like they used to be before, instead now there's a bit of a "dip" from the outer edge. But overall, I would say it's the same philosophy?

The overbite lip of the inlet is very similar to McLaren, but Ferrari retains their inlet design.
Engine cover seems tighter, but can't be sure without comparison pics at this moment.

A side by side (SF24 pic from motorsport)

[Vinlarr89]

Interesting concept, is this the Ferrari stegosaurus

[Emag]

The switch from a front push rod to a front pull rod configuration is massive. It's easily the biggest change between all cars this season. Will it provide performance ? I have absolutely no clue.

Serra confirmed it was done for aero reasons, as expected.

It is indeed for aero reasons as James Key explained it a couple of years ago. Especially for this generation of cars, it should offer quite a lot of benefits in that department that are hard to pass on.

But then again, under James Key Sauber switched from push rod front to pull rod front (2023 -> 2024), yet they actually got worse relative to the competition ...

It's about the whole package really. This is not some silver bullet.

[Vinlarr89]

Is anyone able to really briefly summarise what the benefits of the pull vs push front is? As is what the actual aero benefits are

[hollus]

With the usual influx of new people to this forum in February, the usual reminders start:

Livery talk (and stopwatch talk) belong in the team thread. Only hardware and its interpretation in the car threads. Thanks.