Dec.20 (GMM) Frederic Vasseur says Ferrari’s automobile for the 2025 season will likely be “fully new”.
It’s a shocking assertion, given the Maranello primarily based staff’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 illustration, was requested whether or not Crimson Bull’s 2025 automobile will likely be evolutionary or revolutionary, and he admitted: “Will probably be a little bit of each.
“There will likely be developments in several areas of the automobile and main modifications in others,” he mentioned, noting that it is going to be the primary Crimson Bull that Adrian Newey didn’t design.
“The staff has to rise to the problem and I’m assured they’ll. We’ll see what the RB21 appears to be like like when it’s unveiled on the finish of January.”
Nevertheless, Horner’s counterpart at Ferrari says the Italian staff has a really totally different method to 2025.
“We’re within the fourth yr of making use of these laws and we all know our earlier challenge very properly,” mentioned Vasseur. “That’s the reason the 2025 automobile will likely be fully new.”
He added that the 2025 Ferrari “will share lower than 1 p.c” with the pink 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 predicted, 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 now we have no intention of replicating Mercedes right here at Ferrari. We’ve got our guys and the fitting sources to win, so let’s work to create an unique. I don’t need a copy.
“He’ll convey his personal experiences and background, however that doesn’t imply now we have to alter our method. I believe Lewis will perceive that completely,” Vasseur added.
“I do know Lewis very properly, however we should not copy and paste from Mercedes. The working atmosphere there was superb in the beginning and fewer good on the finish. They aren’t the champions. We should do one thing totally different.”
