A new year starting well for Ferrari. Second in the Constructors’ Championship in 2024, only 14 points behind McLaren, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vasseur’s team has big ambitions for 2025. With the arrival of Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes, the Italian team has the most titled driver on the grid (seven world titles) and the one with the most victories (105 wins). The Briton, who will not immediately take the wheel of his new car \u2014 Ferrari often organizes a test at the end of January in Fiorano with an old car during two days of running \u2014 has already received good news: the car is ready for 2025.<\/p>\n
According to numerous rumors relayed by Planet F1, the Maranello team has successfully passed the traditional FIA “crash tests” to verify the compliance of the car, particularly in the survival cell area (the cockpit) and the rear crash box. This means that the car presents no danger and is authorized to run on the tracks. It’s always an important step to understand the car’s current status and then to continue its development. Even though no revolution is planned in 2025, Ferrari has a clear objective: to win both world championships. To achieve this, Ferrari announced a redesign of their car.<\/p>\n
In any case, this is what Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vasseur reported, revealing that project 677, the name given to the 2025 single-seater, will be entirely new. Among the main changes, there is the adoption of a pull-rod suspension at the front, a feature already used by Red Bull and McLaren since the new regulations in 2022. This solution notably improves the airflow under the chassis, near the underbody\u2014a key area to enhance the car’s aerodynamic efficiency. This change is far from insignificant, as it should allow Hamilton to be more comfortable in a single-seater, as he has repeatedly complained about his Mercedes in 2024.<\/p>\n
Conversely, Ferrari wants to retain its rear pull-rod suspension due to its essential role in proper tire management this season.<\/p>\n
Another piece of good news for Hamilton lies in the technical team that will accompany him at Ferrari. Despite the inability to bring Peter Bonnington \u2014 with whom he has close ties \u2014 the seven-time world champion already knows several staff members from having worked with them in the past. Among them is Lo\u00efc Serra, a former engineer at Mercedes and now the technical director at Ferrari. At Mercedes, the Frenchman shared the same vision as Hamilton, particularly regarding the “zero sidepod” concept introduced by the German team from 2022.<\/p>\n
Moreover, he will have the chance to work again with Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vasseur, as the two men have previously collaborated when the Frenchman led the Englishman to the GP2 title with ART GP.<\/p>\n
Before hitting the track for pre-season testing, Hamilton will drive on the Fiorano track on January 21 and 22 for tests. If the 2025 season promises to be as exciting as 2024, all teams will face a dilemma: should they continue to develop their car to try to get back to the front of the grid, or should they focus all their resources on the 2026 car? Currently, uncertainty prevails, and the first races of the season should provide us with the first answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Italian team has just passed the mandatory crash tests imposed by the FIA with flying colors. A fine gift for its new driver Lewis Hamilton, and a way of showing that it is already ready for next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":44068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[18,364,370],"class_list":["post-30717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-18","tag-ferrari","tag-fia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n