The SF-25 captured everybody’s consideration on the night of February 18—regardless of the continued F1 75 Stay occasion at London’s O2 Area, the place all of the groups unveiled their 2025 liveries—and once more yesterday when it hit the observe for the primary time, with Charles Leclerc taking the wheel earlier than Lewis Hamilton had his flip at Fiorano.
In response to technical director Loic Serra, the brand new Ferrari is an evolution of the already strong SF-24. Nonetheless, as we all know, engine growth has been frozen since 2022.
Enrico Gualtieri, head of Ferrari’s energy unit division, defined how his staff has labored to make small but significant enhancements in efficiency and reliability whereas additionally aiding the aerodynamics division in enhancing effectivity.
“Engine growth has been frozen since 2022, which means we can not change any {hardware} or introduce new parts throughout the energy unit,” Enrico Gualtieri informed in a current interview for the Italian web site Automoto. “That doesn’t imply we will’t optimize what we have already got. We’ve labored arduous and eventually managed to refine our methods to raised combine our PU into our operations, significantly throughout all facets of a race weekend, to maximise each efficiency benefit. After all, nothing groundbreaking—particularly in comparison with what we might obtain when growth time was limitless. We now have merely regained the efficiency potential we misplaced final 12 months, which is able to make the grid much more aggressive.”
“For the primary time, we didn’t have to depend on auxiliary parts however as a substitute targeted on integrating the ability unit seamlessly with the brand new automobile. In actuality, we had already achieved a correct match by the tip of 2022. Our design decisions have been primarily geared toward giving the aerodynamics staff full freedom by occupying as little area as doable throughout the automobile’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. A very powerful factor is that we’ve gained expertise, and ultimately, we made important progress.”
This 12 months, Ferrari faces a twin problem: creating the SF-25 with the hope of combating for the title till the ultimate race whereas additionally engaged on the 2026 automobile, which might be constructed beneath the brand new technical laws set to take impact on January 1 subsequent 12 months.
“We’re absolutely targeted on launching the 2025 automobile and managing all the season. That stated, 2026 is getting nearer, so this 12 months might be essential and very demanding in that regard. One of the best ways to be ready is to work on it whereas conserving our present season’s targets in sight. Within the coming weeks, we’ll dive deeper into creating the ability 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 models he used for years.
“We had discussions with him, in fact. We’re extra all for his general really feel for our engine moderately than making direct comparisons. However sure, his enter has been extremely worthwhile. Drivers are, in a approach, our most superior sensor within the automobile—generally much more exact than bodily sensors. His suggestions has been fascinating and very 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 tremendously useful.”
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