Ferrari unveiled the mystery and announced the name of the car that Hamilton and Leclerc will handle in 2025
Ferrari confirmed Thursday that Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc They will be on the car’s aboard SF-25 that the February 18 In the O2 sand London. After keeping it a secret for a few months, Maranello’s team decided to baptize its new car following the same line as in the past seasons.
What was known at the moment Project 677 Today has full name. The acronym of Scuderia Ferrari They are used to name the monoplays of the Italian equipment approximately ten years ago, since the hybrid engines were introduced in the composition of Formula 1. Although there was an exception in 2022, when Ferrari celebrated its anniversary number 75 as a manufacturer of engines and cars with The car F1-75.
The acronyms are usually accompanied by the numbers of the current year, but this may vary according to the ephemeris or anniversaries that are held in each season. For example, in 2017 Ferrari turned 70 and his car was baptized SF70, preceding the SF71 of the following year. In 2019, Scuderia Ferrari turned 90 and was a season of many changes. Sebastian Vettel received Charles Leclerc as his new partner and Mattia Binotto debuted as team leader.
In 2020, the car was called SF1000 to celebrate the year in which the team participated in its Formula 1 Grand Prize number 1000.
The design of the SF-25 will be revealed on February 18 during the special event organized by the maximum in London where all the cars of the grid will participate. The next day, it will officially appear in a Shakedown In Fioran and the tests will begin on February 26 in Bahrain during the winter tests.
The first Grand Prix of the season will be played between March 15 and 16 in Melbourne, Australia.
The world heptacampeón Lewis Hamilton suffered an accident this Wednesday during the second day of Ferrari’s private tests at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, in Spain. The British pilot lost control of the SF-23 and crashed into the protection barriers.
Fortunately, Hamilton came out unharmed, although the car suffered several damage to the suspension and in some aerodynamic parts. The British was playing a TPC test (previous cars test) that according to the FIA regulations, cannot be extended more than four days and each pilot has allowed to complete up to 1,000 kilometers on the track.
These tests are key for the British to adapt to his new team after running with Mercedes for more than ten years. Interestingly, in his first tests with the German team in 2013, Hamilton also crashed the car in the Jerez circuit, but that did not imply that his path was badly predisposed, on the contrary, he won the world championship for six consecutive years.
