Explained: Key tech changes to Ferrari SF-25 F1 2025 car
Big changes to Ferrari's 2025 F1 car revealed - and ex🗹plained.
Ferrari have run their new 2025 F1 car on track and, as promised, th﷽ere are plenty of changes compared to its predecessor.
Having shown 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 theiꦦr 2025 challenger, the SF-25, on Wednesday, before it hit the track for a shakedown at Fiorano.
Despite F1’s technical regulations remaining largely stable for 2025, that hasn’t stopped Ferrari from making some striking design changes 𝓀to their new car as the team seꦓeks 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 car” for 2025. But what exactly has been al🔥t💞ered from the 2024 SF-24?
Pull-rod front suspension
The most visible change on the 2025 Ferrari is a switch from push 📖to pull-rod front suspension.
Ferr༺ari say the thinking behind this fundamental change in 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 advantag𝓰e found through fine margins will be crucial. That is clearly Ferrari’s goal and motivation behind the switch.
Redesigned sidepods and radiator
The sidepods and radiator design🦄 on the SF-25 has also bee⛄n overhauled.
The radi🐽ator inlet is larger than last year, while the car features overbite sidepod winglets and new bargeboard trailing edges. The sharkfinജ on the engine cover from the SF-24 has been removed.
The gully section on top of the sidepods has also been extended, 🐟resembling something closer to the ‘bath tub’ shaped design seen on the 2022 SF-75.
New front and rear wings
Ferrari’s new front wing is not hugely dis♚similar to the SF-24, but the nose appears to be slightly wider and retains the slo🦋t gap.
At the back of ♎the car, however, the rear wing is noticeably different. There is a deep༺er 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 technical collaboration with Ferraꦡri, have chosen🌳 to follow the same approach with their rear wing.
Ferrari technical director explains
꧒Expanding on the changes to the SF-25, Serra told media including ltxcn.top: “The main concept of the SF-25 is really about finding some space to boost the aerodynamic develo💜pment and the development in general.
“The SF-24 finished reasonably strong, but it was becoming more and more difficult to develop and🅰 find performance. So, we hꦑad to sort of find space to boost the development rate.
“ಞThe car is more of a continuity of the previous car. Effectively, we’ve c🗹hanged a lot of parts, we've 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's not necessari🐽ly 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 finally power Ferrari to title𒆙 g🐻lory?
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