Why Ferrari can run the front wing design that Mercedes could not

The new SF-23 was fitted with an identical series of cleverly-shaped front wing slot gap separators that rival Mercedes had been forced to remove last year when doubts emerged about their legality.
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Mercedes had arrived at the United States Grand Prix with a new update package that included a revised front wing.
The …Keep reading

Ferrari planning ‘small adjustments’ to F1 strategy processes for 2023

After looking like it would seriously challenge Red Bull and Max Verstappen for the championship in the early part of last year, Ferrari’s season unravelled due to a mixture of poor reliability and some strategy miscues.
Some of the strategy calls – notably at Silverstone, where Ferrari kept Charles Leclerc out on used tyres for the safety car restart, and in Hungary, where Leclerc was …Keep reading

Leclerc: New Ferrari F1 car “feels good” after filming day run

Just moments after Ferrari’s new F1 challenger was revealed at Maranello, Leclerc took to the circuit to complete two laps.
Running live on camera, Leclerc had little trouble getting up to speed as he briefly explored the potential of the new car, and he sounded upbeat afterwards.
“It feels good,” said Leclerc. “I mean the first kilometres with this new project after doing so many kilometres …Keep reading

Ferrari reveals new SF-23 car for upcoming F1 season

In an event at Maranello on Tuesday, the Italian squad was joined by new team principal Fred Vasseur as well as its drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz for the unveiling.
The SF-23 builds on the progress the team made with last year’s F1-75, which won four races and secured 12 pole positions.
But, after failing to capitalise on early season promise as rival Red Bull roared to both …Keep reading

Video: Follow Ferrari’s 2023 F1 car launch live

The new car is the first to be produced under the tenure of new team principal Frederic Vasseur, the former Alfa Romeo boss replacing the outgoing Mattia Binotto after Ferrari’s mixed 2022 campaign.
Leclerc finished runner-up to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the first season of F1’s new ground effect regulations, winning two of the opening three rounds before a mixture of poor reliability and …Keep reading