Ferrari headquarters, Maranello, 2020

Ferrari’s F1-75 fired into life for first time in Maranello

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In the round-up: Ferrari have fired up the power unit in the team’s new F1-75 for the first time at their Maranello factory.

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Ferrari fire up new F1-75 for first time ahead of launch

Ferrari have fired up the power unit in the team’s new F1-75 for the first time at their Maranello factory.

The team announced that the new car for the 2022 was fired up for 30 seconds with an audience of team principal Mattia Binotto and a small group of “essential personnel” due to Covid safety measures. Other team members viewed the ceremonial moment online.

“This is a very special moment, more so than at similar occasions in previous years,” said Binotto. “The F1-75 is a completely new car and is the culmination of a journey we all started together a few years back, working as a united and determined team.”

The team will officially reveal their new 2022 car publicly on Thursday 17th February.

Colapinto named third Van Amersfoort F3 driver

Argentinian driver Franco Colapinto will step up to race this year’s FIA Formula 3 championship with the Van Amersfoort team.

The 18-year-old will join team mates Rafael Villagomez and Reece Ushijima for his first season in the third-tier championship. The former Spanish Formula 4 champion had competed in the Formula Renault Euro series in 2020, taking third place in the drivers’ standings with two wins and nine podium appearances.

Last year, Colapinto raced for a second season in the Formula Renault Euro championship, finishing sixth with two further victories, as well as racing for G-Drive in the LMP2 class of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the World Endurance Championship, the European Le Mans Series and the Asian Le Mans Series.

2022 FIA Formula 3 grid so far

TeamDriverDriverDriver
PremaOliver BearmanArthur LeclercJak Crawford
TridentJonny EdgarZane MaloneyRoman Stanek
ARTGregoire SaucyJuan Manuel CorreaTBA
HitechIsack HadjarTBATBA
Van AmersfoortReece UshijimaRafael VillagomezFranco Colapinto
MPAlexander SmolyarTBATBA
CamposPepe MartiTBATBA
CarlinTBATBATBA
JenzerTBATBATBA
CharouzLaszlo TothFrancesco PizziTBA

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Comment of the day

With IndyCar star Colton Herta admitting he still harbours a desire to race in Formula 1, @JackySteeg believes the current FIA superlicence points system does not give the US-based single-seater series enough credit…

It blows my mind that this guy (and Pato O’Ward, for that matter) lack the super license points. He’s holding his own against seasoned professionals who – in some cases – have been at that level for decades. But somehow that’s less valuable than beating a bunch of other junior drivers and rich kids in F2.

I get why the system is like that, the FIA wants everyone to go down it’s own linear path, and IndyCar doesn’t want to be an F1 feeder series. Fine. But I do hope if anyone offers him a place in F1, common sense prevails.
@jackysteeg

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Mantas Degutis!

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4 comments on “Ferrari’s F1-75 fired into life for first time in Maranello”

  1. Wait is Mika Hakkinen finally returning from his sabbatical?

    Obligatory overused joke, sorry ;-)

  2. Those are really skinny tyres on the F1 car…

    1. Probably to prevent them from getting clogged up with ice. It’s pretty obvious that they are driving very slowly, despite the editing tricks to make it look faster.

    2. Coventry Climax
      4th February 2022, 12:20

      Wider tyres would spread the weight over too many spikes, which would then not sink (‘bite’) into the ice and hence would provide no grip.

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