Ferrari SF-23 Engineers Spill F1 Car's Details

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.”

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

Power unit

ERS System