2024 Ferrari F1 car will be “95%” new, claims Vasseur

Ferrari dropped a spot to 3rd within the 2023 constructors’ standings however did get pleasure from a notably robust finish to the marketing campaign due to a run of 4 podium finishes from the ultimate 5 rounds.

Drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc struggled with the SF-23’s unpredictable dealing with and poor tyre degradation that led to wildly fluctuating kind from race to race.

The automobile’s strengths laid in braking, straightline velocity and short-corner efficiency however Vasseur says that the majority elements will likely be revised for 2024 – forward of a 13 February unveiling.

Talking to the media in Maranello, the crew boss mentioned: “Revolution – I do not know if it’s the proper phrase as a result of we now have the identical regulation now three years in a row that you could’t change massively the scenario.

“Once more, it is a matter of tenths of seconds. It means it is all 0.1 or 0.2% efficiency that we’re searching for. It is not 5 [percent].

“For certain, we now have to do a step. I do not underestimate the step.

“We’re altering 95% of the parts of the automobile. Maybe you may think about that it is a revolution.”

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Frederic Vasseur, Group Principal and Normal Supervisor, Scuderia Ferrari

Sainz has mentioned already that the 2024 automobile is behaving “in another way” from his first simulator runs.

Vasseur additionally reckons that Ferrari must focus by itself enhancements over the winter – believing the crew to be making a “good step ahead” – after which look ahead to pre-season testing in Bahrain to see the way it stacks as much as its rivals.

He continued: “Now the expectation is that we’re focussed on ourselves. We’re doing good step ahead. However on the finish, it is all the time a matter of comparability.

“You may enhance by 100 but when the others are enhancing by 120, you’ll look silly. If they’re enhancing by 80, you’ll appear to be a mega hero.

“Thus far, crucial is to proceed to push, to proceed to develop, to have the drivers into the center of the undertaking and they’re totally concerned within the improvement.

“I feel that, thus far, we’re getting in the precise route. I do not know if the others will go roughly. We’ll see in Bahrain.”

Extra Reporting Franco Nugnes