For the first time in a very long time, the Formula One car you see here doesn’t look anything like the outgoing model, well you can still tell its a Formula One car but a lot has changed. The technical regulations have been shaken up a little to promote overtaking and competition, the rear wing is now smaller where else the front wing is now wider. Say hello to the 2009 Scuderia Ferrari Championship contender – the F60.
The most substantial changes have been made to the aerodynamic formula, which has dictated a bigger front wing and a much narrower rear aerofoila. F1 has also moved back to slick tires, while underneath the more streamlined bodywork Ferrari has fitted the new Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) developed together with Magneti-Marelli, along with the new carbon-encased seven-speed sequential gearbox with limited slip differential.
Ferrari has opted to call this the F60, eschewing the typical numbering system that would have labeled it the F2009 while highlighting the fact that this will be the 60th season of Formula One – in which Ferrari is the only team to have competed in each and every one. Due to weather conditions, the official live unveiling of the F60 was moved from the company’s on-site Fiorano test track to its Mugello circuit, where Felipe Massa will test drive it for the first time. Check it out for yourself in the gallery below, and see all the details at f60.ferrariworld.com.
Source: AutoBlog
