Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, together with the rest of the Ferrari team, will present their new car for 2022 to the world on February 17, one month before the start of the season.
The team Ferrari has been the second to confirm the date on which it will present its new single-seater, the one that should take the Italians back to the top positions. will be the next February 17th and, although details have not yet been given, it is expected that said event will be broadcast from Maranello to the whole world via online.
In this important presentation, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc They will reveal the single-seater resulting from the arrival of the new technical regulations, which has forced all the teams to start from scratch, since absolutely everything except the engine changes.
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While the Monegasque will begin his fourth season as official driver of ferrari, the Spaniard will start his second year dressed in red after a very positive and promising 2021. Now, Mattia Binotto and his team must give them both a car with which to return to the team to the top after two years in which the podium was an unrealistic goal in most races.
new engine
Although the engine regulations remain stable and the only novelty will be the introduction of a development freeze period from February 28, Ferrari has wanted to almost completely renew its engine to once again stand up to Mercedes in this regard.
Thus, the engine department has been working intensely in recent months to give birth to a new engine concept that combines perfectly with a car that, as a result of the new regulations, will use ground effect to generate downforce and will have with 18-inch wheels, a first in Formula 1.
Although the car will have a lot of room for improvement as it is completely new, the teams will not be able to spend freely, as this year the budget cap established in 2021 has dropped even more, settling at 140 million dollars, less than half of what Mercedes or Ferrari itself had a budget in 2019.