F14-T- Development & News

[wisepie]

Ferrari F1 car hasn't been all red since the 1960's. The main color of Ferrari F1 car of course has to be red, ALWAYS, no question about that, but a little bit of other different added colors make the car even more beautiful and exciting imo. It would be a little bland if the car was entirely red.

Quite agree, Nero Horse, and those sidepods look pretty enormous but guess they'll need to be for cooling and to house all the electronic and ERS systems....nice images though!

[Ed Harley]

Unveiling of the 2014 car in first testing session in Jerez in January 28th to 31st?

[tifosi1993]

Our new recruit : Gavin Bonney, who moved from Force India to Ferrari

[giodap]

Our new recruit : Gavin Bonney, who moved from Force India to Ferrari

just googled him and says he moved to ferrari from force india back in march??

says hes an aerodynamiscist, can never be too short of them!

[Fizzey apples]

Quite agree, Nero Horse, and those sidepods look pretty enormous but guess they'll need to be for cooling and to house all the electronic and ERS systems....nice images though!

I think Redbull have designed all the new side pod dimensions for 2014 and agreed by all teams and the FIA.

[Jose Lorca]

[Ste]

Here's the first shot of Kimi in Ferrari clothes - also giving us an insight into our new teamwear. I'd love to know who designs it because it keeps getting worse.

[Edit] This could potentially be a photoshop job...

[chris.gotfunk]

Interesting how our guys work even when they are officially at party! :)

I work next door to the Audi/VW HQ in North America and they always have one of the Le Mans cars in there. Here's a couple pics.

[radosav]

I I found that video of Alonso and Stella on F1Technical , they were talking about Audi wheels and their design that is used for aerodynamic purpose and energy restoring concept! So they were probably eyeing it so they can use something similar on their car!

[Katu]

Here's the first shot of Kimi in Ferrari clothes - also giving us an insight into our new teamwear. I'd love to know who designs it because it keeps getting worse.

[Edit] This could potentially be a photoshop job...

you're damn right about the teamwear design, soon our young drivers look like grandfathers...

[Alonsomaniac]

Our new recruit : Gavin Bonney, who moved from Force India to Ferrari

If this guy is in any way related to William Bonney, the competitors should be very careful..........

[f1tomi8]

The best animation so far.





Source:Juan David Barrera/Twitter

[stefa]

I quite like this kind of nose of F1 car

[medeni73]

only thing that I like about new outfit is that there are more black in it which is giving me hope for more black on our car... :)

[f1tomi8]

I quite like this kind of nose of F1 car

Me too :)

[Rob]

I quite like this kind of nose of F1 car

lets hope they look like that, instead of the "ant eater" look

[Rob]

F1's manufacturer teams have huge advantage in 2014, says Ferrari
By Jonathan Noble Thursday, January 2nd 2014, 14:09 GMT

Formula 1's manufacturer teams will enjoy a huge advantage in 2014 because of the complexities of packaging the new power units, reckons Ferrari technical director James Allison.

As teams continue to work on getting their new cars ready for F1's first pre-season test at Jerez that starts on January 28, Allison is in no doubts that 'works' teams Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull will have the edge over customer outfits.

"One of the massive advantages that this team has is that it has the engine and chassis under one roof," said Allison, who rejoined Ferrari last year after a spell at Lotus.

"That is an advantage in any year. But in one like this one, where you are packaging such a different power unit as has been necessary in a year like this - that advantage I think becomes quite large."

Ferrari's engine chief Luca Marmorini suggests that too much focus has been placed on the competitiveness of the engines alone, and believes success will ultimately depend on how the whole car comes together.

"Probably too much [emphasis] has been given to the power unit," explained Marmorini.

"The power unit is a big change, but also it will be extremely complex to incorporate the power unit in a competitive car.

"For Ferrari, this has been a joint project [between chassis and engine departments].

"With the power unit project, it has been fundamental for reliability.

"Any decision in terms of the engine has been as a result of discussions with the chassis people, because in the end the car has to win, not just the power unit."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112000

[Jose Lorca]

I don't know how reliable this is but someone on Autosport who claims to work in F1 said this:

Yes, there are a lot more rumors than you would imagine flying around. Lotus are releasing / have released around 60 technical people in the last few weeks, those people obviously move to other teams and stay in contact with eachother so general ideas etc get passed around.
I started in my team about 8 months ago and im probably the 5th person if you rank by longevity in our department.
It's hard to give any technical insight as we dont have much ourselves on what others are doing for confidentiality reasons. But it is believed that ferrari have come up with a neater/smaller packaging for a lot of their systems...

Obviously, it's impossible to know if they will be reliable..but word is they are in better shape then renault and merc...

[giodap]

I don't know how reliable this is but someone on Autosport who claims to work in F1 said this:

true or not... love the good news rumours! keep them coming!

[Ste]

If the cars look like that, then it'll be fantastic. But I fear they won't and that we'll end up with the ridiculous nose points.

I can confirm Jose Lorca's information. I've had information courtesy of an F1 employee that Lotus are in a lot of trouble and have laid off a lot of staff - telling them to find new jobs.

[medeni73]

Rumours are definitely getting "louder" that we have indeed the smallest, sleekest and perhaps lightest engine which could give us huge advantage in terms of getting more room for aerodynamic creations than other teams that have "bulkier" and perhaps "heavier" engines from Merc or Renault... However it seems that such a package could have reliability problems and as I have understood our Ferrari gurus also have those concerns cos none have seen those engines in action packed in a car...So it will be interesting to see those tests in January and February...We should focus on reliability tests and see if Ferrari have some problems or not...If we can pack another reliable combination of car and engine then we could be one step ahead of opponents...fingers crossed :)

[stefa]

only thing that I like about new outfit is that there are more black in it which is giving me hope for more black on our car... :)

Why would you like more black on RED Ferrari car?!?!?!?

[stefa]

lets hope they look like that, instead of the "ant eater" look

I saw it. That would be equal disaster as stepped nose were.

[Rishu]

However it seems that such a package could have reliability problems and as I have understood our Ferrari gurus also have those concerns cos none have seen those engines in action packed in a car...

I would not mind Ferrari producing fundamentally the fastest car at the expense of reliability which can be ironed out later. 2010 Redbull was not reliable either but still won & later when all the reliability was ironed out, Red Bull dominated 3 years in a row.

[medeni73]

Why would you like more black on RED Ferrari car?!?!?!?

Anything is better than white :)

[medeni73]

I would not mind Ferrari producing fundamentally the fastest car at the expense of reliability which can be ironed out later. 2010 Redbull was not reliable either but still won & later when all the reliability was ironed out, Red Bull dominated 3 years in a row.

I agree with you, I am just not sure how fast can you fix some fundamental engine reliability flaws...but I am hungry for fastest car too :)

[stefa]

Anything is better than white :)

Agree! But red is the BEST!

[Kyss4k]

Agree! But red is the BEST!

One color, even when it's red, is quite boring. It would be wonderful to see some black bits (red and black goes together perfectly) on FW and RW. At the same time, less white would be fantastic too...

[PURE PASSION]

One color, even when it's red, is quite boring. It would be wonderful to see some black bits (red and black goes together perfectly) on FW and RW. At the same time, less white would be fantastic too...

Something like my avatar!!

[Muhammad Ansib]

I think Ferrari was quite good in the Devlopment of the front wing this year and Rear wings aswell! But we couldnt find a good solution for the Diffuser( the ones uesd by RBR and Mercedes)
Sidepods were quite large and we only added those Vortex generators in the Final two races!
and I read on an F1 site that the size of RBR's rear wing this year in the second half of this year still meets the requirements for 2014's regulations, it looks like a page tilted at a small angle ..maybe cuz they were generating alot of Downforce from Diffuser and exhausts.