Dec.20 (GMM) Frederic Vasseur says Ferrari’s automotive for the 2025 season will likely be “fully new”.
It’s a shocking assertion, given the Maranello based mostly crew’s end-of-season competitiveness and the truth that 2025 is the ultimate yr of the prevailing laws earlier than the all-new chassis and engine guidelines for 2026.
Christian Horner, as an example, was requested whether or not Pink Bull’s 2025 automotive will likely be evolutionary or revolutionary, and he admitted: “It is going to be a little bit of each.
“There will likely be developments in several areas of the automotive and main modifications in others,” he mentioned, noting that it is going to be the primary Pink Bull that Adrian Newey didn’t design.
“The crew has to rise to the problem and I’m assured they are going to. We’ll see what the RB21 appears like when it’s unveiled on the finish of January.”
Nonetheless, Horner’s counterpart at Ferrari says the Italian crew has a really completely different strategy to 2025.
“We’re within the fourth yr of making use of these laws and we all know our earlier undertaking very nicely,” mentioned Vasseur. “That’s the reason the 2025 automotive will likely be fully new.”
He added that the 2025 Ferrari “will share lower than 1 %” with the crimson single seater that was raced by Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc this season.
Spanish broadcaster DAZN believes the modifications embody a cockpit place change, as per Lewis Hamilton’s request, which additionally means modifications to the engine mounting and a shorter gearbox. Moreover, a transfer to McLaren-style pull-rod entrance suspension is anticipated, in addition to Mercedes-like brake cooling.
However though Vasseur appears to have been receptive to Hamilton’s cockpit place request, the Frenchman says the seven time world champion is not going to be bringing any engineers with him from Mercedes.
“No,” he insisted, “as a result of we now have no intention of replicating Mercedes right here at Ferrari. We’ve got our guys and the appropriate sources to win, so let’s work to create an unique. I don’t desire a copy.
“He’ll carry his personal experiences and background, however that doesn’t imply we now have to alter our strategy. I believe Lewis will perceive that completely,” Vasseur added.
“I do know Lewis very nicely, however we should not copy and paste from Mercedes. The working surroundings there was excellent in the beginning and fewer good on the finish. They don’t seem to be the champions. We should do one thing completely different.”
