The SF-25 captured everybody’s consideration on the night of February 18—regardless of the continued F1 75 Dwell occasion at London’s O2 Enviornment, the place all of the groups unveiled their 2025 liveries—and once more yesterday when it hit the monitor for the primary time, with Charles Leclerc taking the wheel earlier than Lewis Hamilton had his flip at Fiorano.
In keeping with technical director Loic Serra, the brand new Ferrari is an evolution of the already stable SF-24. Nevertheless, as we all know, engine improvement has been frozen since 2022.
Enrico Gualtieri, head of Ferrari’s energy unit division, defined how his crew has labored to make small but significant enhancements in efficiency and reliability whereas additionally helping the aerodynamics division in enhancing effectivity.
“Engine improvement has been frozen since 2022, which means we can not change any {hardware} or introduce new elements throughout the energy unit,” Enrico Gualtieri informed in a latest interview for the Italian web site Automoto. “That doesn’t imply we are able to’t optimize what we have already got. We’ve labored onerous and at last managed to refine our methods to higher combine our PU into our operations, notably throughout all points of a race weekend, to maximise each efficiency benefit. After all, nothing groundbreaking—particularly in comparison with what we may obtain when improvement time was limitless. We’ve got merely regained the efficiency potential we misplaced final 12 months, which can make the grid much more aggressive.”
“For the primary time, we didn’t have to depend on auxiliary elements however as an alternative targeted on integrating the facility unit seamlessly with the brand new automotive. In actuality, we had already achieved a correct match by the tip of 2022. Our design decisions have been primarily aimed toward giving the aerodynamics crew full freedom by occupying as little area as potential throughout the automotive’s structure. We’ve been working with this energy unit for ten years now—an extremely lengthy journey. It started in 2014, although issues didn’t go as we had hoped. Nonetheless, it was a useful studying expertise that offered new alternatives. Crucial factor is that we’ve gained expertise, and in the long run, we made vital progress.”
This 12 months, Ferrari faces a twin problem: growing the SF-25 with the hope of preventing for the title till the ultimate race whereas additionally engaged on the 2026 automotive, which shall be constructed below the brand new technical laws set to take impact on January 1 subsequent 12 months.
“We’re absolutely targeted on launching the 2025 automotive and managing the whole season. That stated, 2026 is getting nearer, so this 12 months shall be crucial and intensely demanding in that regard. One of the best ways to be ready is to work on it whereas holding our present season’s goals in sight. Within the coming weeks, we are going to dive deeper into growing the facility unit for the subsequent regulatory cycle.”
Naturally, Enrico Gualtieri additionally addressed the arrival of Lewis Hamilton and his preliminary impressions of the Ferrari engine. Whereas he didn’t disclose any particular particulars, he confirmed that Ferrari sought suggestions from the seven-time world champion, evaluating his expertise with the Ferrari V6 to the Mercedes energy items he used for years.
“We had discussions with him, in fact. We’re extra enthusiastic about his general really feel for our engine somewhat than making direct comparisons. However sure, his enter has been extremely precious. Drivers are, in a means, our most superior sensor within the automotive—typically much more exact than bodily sensors. His suggestions has been fascinating and intensely useful in understanding how he perceives our engine. He has been very engaged within the discussions, and his involvement in adapting to the Ferrari energy unit has been vastly helpful.”
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