Ferrari launch new car – F2007
Posted on January 16, 2007 - Filed Under Formula 1 | Leave a Comment
It’s been a long time since the Scarlet team emerged victorious from a F1 season or rather so it seems. Ferrari was so used to win title after title with Micheal Schumacher in days he was considered almost invincible that a couple years since their last double of Drivers and Constructors Title came home it seems long long away that it actually happened. Not to suggest that Ferrari has become restless and desperate but definitely they are becoming a bit more concerned than before. When they lost the title to Renault for the first time it seemed that they took it in their stride and got back the next season but even after a inspired performance in the second half of the season saw both titles slip away from their clasp just by the skin of its teeth and that got Ferrari a bit more concerned.
So when they launched their new car for the 2007 season their message to their team was clear and simple – Reclaiming both Drivers’ and Constructors’ Titles. In a some what low profile event Ferrari launched the F2007 and the car made its first public appearance at the Fiorano test track on Monday. Though not an entirely new concept the car is a ‘significantly modified’ version of the F2006’s 248 F1.
The car sported revised and modified aero specs and has a longer wheelbase than its previous version. A revision in the gearbox of the new Ferrari means that the rear of the car is also much different to its predecessor as is the front suspension. The cooling systems modifications means that the side pods have a new shape and look.
Present at the occasion were Ferrari’s drivers for this season Kimi Raikkonen and Brazilian Felipe Massa. Both were confident of doing a good job with the car that Ferrari have handed them, But far from the hullabaloo of other teams Ferrari seems to be quiety and assuredly doing its job and when the greens lights go the Scuderia might just be the team everyone will chase down the chequered flag
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