Ferrari SF-23 Engineers Spill F1 Car's DetailsFerrari SF-23 Engineers Spill F1 Car's Details

Ferrari SF-23 powertrain and chassis engineers outline the team's upgrades during a year with strict development limits.

Dan Carney, Senior Editor

February 17, 2023

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Ferrari's SF-23 Formula 1 racer for the 2023 season.Ferrari

New Ferrari team principal Frédéric Vasseur introduced the team's 2023 Formula 1 car at the company's Fiorano test track with employees watching from the grandstand.

Ferrari's car was fast last season but suffered reliability problems that the team sought to exorcize in the SF-23 racer for this season. But strict limits on budget, wind tunnel, and computational fluid dynamics along with a freeze on power unit specifications have made improvements hard to come by.

Nevertheless, the engineering team says that it has found the necessary upgrades.

“Over the past five weeks, I have had the chance to get to know many members of our team," said Vasseur. "We have a great group of people here and it is clear that motivation is high throughout the team."

"Today we launch our 2023 contender together with our partners and tifosi, and I am very pleased with how the car looks," Vasseur continued. "I love the red color and the ‘Effe Lunga’ that spans across the rear wing, reminding us of our heritage. Our focus will soon shift to another aspect, which is its speed and performance. Our objective is to win the championship, which will not be an easy task as our competitors will have exactly the same target in mind. We have to bring the right mindset with us and always work on being better tomorrow than we are today.”

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The real information comes from Enrico Gualtieri, Head of power unit engineering, and Enrico Cardile, Head of chassis engineering, who describe their upgrades to the SF-23 in our photo gallery Q&A. Click through to see what they told us.

2023 Ferrari SF-23 Specifications

Car

  • The chassis is made from a carbon fiber composite honeycomb, with halo protection for the cockpit.

  • Longitudinal Ferrari gearbox with 8 forward gears and reverse

  • Hydraulically controlled rear differential

  • Brembo ventilated carbon discs (front and rear) with electronically controlled rear brakes

  • Push-rod front suspension, pull-rod rear suspension

  • Weight including coolant, oil, and driver: 798 kg

  • 18” front and rear wheels

  • Bodywork and seat in carbon fiber

Power unit

  • Name: 066/10

  • Cubic capacity: 1600 cc

  • Maximum rpm: 15,000

  • Supercharging: single turbocharger

  • Maximum fuel flow rate: 100 kg/hr

  • Maximum race fuel 110 kg

  • Configuration: 90° V6

  • Bore: 80 mm

  • Stroke: 53 mm

  • 4 valves per cylinder

  • Direct injection, max 500 bar

ERS System

  • Configuration: hybrid energy recovery system with electric motor generators

  • Battery pack: Lithium-ion batteries with a minimum weight of 20 kg

  • Maximum battery pack capacity: 4 MJ

  • MGU-K maximum power: 120 kW (163cv)

  • MGU-K maximum rpm: 50,000

  • MGU-H maximum rpm: 125,000

About the Author

Dan Carney

Senior Editor, Design News

Dan’s coverage of the auto industry over three decades has taken him to the racetracks, automotive engineering centers, vehicle simulators, wind tunnels, and crash-test labs of the world.

A member of the North American Car, Truck, and Utility of the Year jury, Dan also contributes car reviews to Popular Science magazine, serves on the International Engine of the Year jury, and has judged the collegiate Formula SAE competition.

Dan is a winner of the International Motor Press Association's Ken Purdy Award for automotive writing, as well as the National Motorsports Press Association's award for magazine writing and the Washington Automotive Press Association's Golden Quill award.

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He has held a Sports Car Club of America racing license since 1991, is an SCCA National race winner, two-time SCCA Runoffs competitor in Formula F, and an Old Dominion Region Driver of the Year award winner. Co-drove a Ford Focus 1.0-liter EcoBoost to 16 Federation Internationale de l’Automobile-accredited world speed records over distances from just under 1km to over 4,104km at the CERAM test circuit in Mortefontaine, France.

He was also a longtime contributor to the Society of Automotive Engineers' Automotive Engineering International magazine.

He specializes in analyzing technical developments, particularly in the areas of motorsports, efficiency, and safety.

He has been published in The New York Times, NBC News, Motor Trend, Popular Mechanics, The Washington Post, Hagerty, AutoTrader.com, Maxim, RaceCar Engineering, AutoWeek, Virginia Living, and others.

Dan has authored books on the Honda S2000 and Dodge Viper sports cars and contributed automotive content to the consumer finance book, Fight For Your Money.

He is a member and past president of the Washington Automotive Press Association and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers

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