Ferrari will change “95 per cent of components” with new 2024 F1 car

Ferrari are making substantial changes to their 2024 F1 challenger, but team boss Frederic Vasseur has refused to call it a “revolution”.
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 1, Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir, Bahrain, Race Day.
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Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 1, Bahrain Grand Prix,…

Ferrari became the first F1 ꦏteam to announce the launch date - February 13 - of their all-new car for next year.

While Ferrari were the only team other than Red Bull to win a race in F1 2023, it was still a disappointing campaign for them.

They sli🎶pped to third in the constructors’ championship behind Mercedes after challenging Red Bull regularly for wins in 2022.

As they look to mount a seri♛ous title charge in 2024, Vasseur confirmed Ferrari are making drastic changes.

“⭕I don’t know if revolution is the right word,” Vasseur said. “We have the same regulations now three years in a row that you can’t change massively. It’s a matter of tenths of a second.

ꦇ“𓆏For sure, we have to do a step on that, we don’t underestimate the step. We are changing 95 per cent of the components, perhaps you can consider that it’s a revolution, I don’t know if it will be.

“The expectation is that we are focuseꦑd on ourꦓselves, we are doing a good step forward. But in the end, it’s always a matter of comparison, you can improve by 100 steps but if the others are improving by 120 you will look stupid.”

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 Testing, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Tuesday.- www.xpbimages.com,
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 Testing, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Tuesday…

Despite Ferrari’s tricky start ꦐto the year, Vasseur was impressed that his outfit “st🙈ayed calm”.

“Everybody told me that ‘you will see at Ferra🐼ri that you start the season very well and tꩲhen it’s going down’,” Vasseur added.

“And trust me, after Jeddah or Melbourne, I said ‘what ❀the f***? If thꦿis was the good part of the season, we will be in big trouble’.

“The perception that you have from an external point of view of Ferrari is probably wrong. When I was outside, I was always think♑ing that the team would overreact to every single event.

“But the te🙈am was very, ve♕ry calm after Melbourne. We were cautious of the situation and the weakness of the car.”

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