I just remembered: this year marks Ferrari's 70th anniversary. Will the car's name pay a tribute to that?
Ferrari might have revealed the airscope of the 2017 car in today's video-message https://t.co/lMhFmiO6wn
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Via Gianlu.
FERRARI FOR EVER !!!!!!!
And some new pictures (renderings)
One extreme (and illegal)
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and one on the rules
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FERRARI FOR EVER !!!!!!!
I really don't care about the livery. Of course it will be mostly red, other than that i am only interested if it is fast compared to others or not
#GillesPerSempre #KeepFightingMichael #JB17
I'll just wait until the launch date to see what it looks like and it will won't be in final spec.
I think less white in the 2017 cars livery could be up to 1/2 a second faster on track
The season hasn't got underway yet, but the team has started making insinuations. Well, it look more and more likely that ,with a repeat of last year, Vettel will be off to Mercedes for 2018.
Ferrari press officer, Alberto Antonini said recently on an interview,
"I can say that we are the only team to have two world champions in the team, for a total of five titles! Obviously we expect maximum commitment, we saw them grow and mature through a difficult season like the past. We want that they, like everyone else, give the maximum."
In recent history, Ferrari has never been the fastest to read the rule changes, such as 2009 or 2014. You may get this time right?
"It's clear what we hope. History is made every day, the historic past is not worth much on the competition ... "
This is the third year of Sebastian Vettel's contract with Ferrari, the last. If he does not win the title and do well, what prospects can we expect?
"I can say that it is not a priority to talk about it now. We have to give Sebastian a car that can win it, but he must commit ...
If Ferrari in 2017 doesn't fight for title and vettel go to Mercedes that doesn't mean that is over for Ferrari. In f1 we have very talent young drivers who be very happy to drive for Ferrari (Verstapen,Ricardo, ...)
Let's hope at first that Ferrari will produce a good car for Seb and Kimi. They are both exceptional drivers, top class.
I don't necessarily think that if we don't challenge for the title Seb will leave. I think we just need to show that we made a great progress compared to the last season and that going into the every race we have some realistic chances to win it. That way we can hope for a further progress and challenge next year.
Of course, I hope that we may challenge for the title this year but we have to wait and see, nothing can be said about it at this moment without knowing how good our car is. In the end, it's not just about our progress but a lot of things depend on how good did the other teams do.
My main concern about our driver line-up would be that Kimi might retire at the end of this year. I didn't read it anywhere but you know, he'll be 38 by the end of the season, he has a wife, two kids, .. he might choose to focus on his family and be at home a little bit more.
A glimpse of what the 2017 cars will look like - Manors "mock-up" (not bad looking) for wind tunnel testing:
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In the end, if you manage to build the fastest car, it doesn't really matter who you have driving it. Jacques Villeneuve and Jenson Button are 2 examples of midfield drivers winning championships in rocket ships.
Rest in Peace Leza, you were a true warrior...
I think Ferrari considered the option of Vettel leaving them next year, that's why they signed Giovinazzi as a reserve driver. He is a massive talent.
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