#ferrari car launch

[rorynightshade]

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz x Formula1 wallpapers // Ferrari car launch

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[il-predestinato]

Introducing the SF-23!

[forelsketparadise]

I am weirdly emotional watching him drive

[old-ssainzz]

i want carlos to NEVER stop talking. ever. keep going babe, say engineers one more time

[gaslightgirlsummer]

the car launch fixed me. i am healed. i am a new person. i have experienced religious rebirth. 3 months in the grave and i have resurrected. i am drunk on hope. i am whole and ready to be broken into a million pieces again

[arieslost]

charles looks happy after driving the sf-24, a beauty of a car that looks rather oversteery (i’m waiting until bahrain to say it for sure though). this obviously means that i will be deluding myself into thinking he’s going to have a chance to win the wdc this year.

on a more serious note— the car looks incredible, and after reading some articles on technical analysis and such, i think us tifosi can expect ferrari to be an even stronger competitor this season. now we pray 🙌🏻

[brcars]

Br cars.

The Br cars and their world full of suprise & mircales.

[carlhoesainz]

I am at the library with shitty internet, thats where and how im watching the ferrari car launch

[leclercskiesahead]

These two

[il-predestinato]

The Tifosi repping Charles' colours ❤️🤍

(He will be driving the SF-23 first! How fitting!)

[old-ssainzz]

i spent my valentines day with two men and their car. thats the story im going with

[isawthesainz]

scuderiaferrari We couldn’t resist sharing more filming day pictures 🤩

[petit-papillion]

Charles driving the SF-24 for the first time in Fiorano | 13 February 2024

🎥 Scuderia Ferrari

[leqclerc]

Sebastian and Charles pose for the SF90 launch photoshoot

[herohimbowhore]

Formula 1 Car Naming Conventions

With F1 car launches in full force, I have been looking into why teams name their cars the way that they do. Each team has a different naming convention. Some of the naming conventions are easy to understand like RB19. Then there are the many Ferrari naming conventions (SF-23, F1-75, SF1000, etc).

So here are the current naming conventions for each team in order of car launch dates.

Haas

The 2024 Haas car is called the VF-24.

In an article for the 2016 Haas Car Launch, it was explained why they named the car the VF-16.

The first CNC machine manufactured by Haas Automation in 1988. It was unofficially named the VF-1, otherwise known as the Very First 1. For Formula 1, Haas kept the VF and changed the 1 for the last two digits of the year. VF-16 = 2016, VF-23 = 2023, etc.

Williams

The 2024 Williams car is called the FW46.

Every car by Williams has carried the FW prefix, with the first one being the FW06 in 1978. The FW in the name stands for the founder of the team, Sir Frank Williams. Despite the Williams family no longer being involved in the team, the current owners have kept the naming convention as a link to the storied history of Williams Racing.

If the car keeps the same chassis as the previous year, then a B is added to the end of the name to show that it is a B-Spec car (and on a few occasions there have been C-Spec cars).

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The 2024 Sauber car is called the C44.

Sauber made its debut with the C12 in 1993 and has since used this naming convention except for the BMW Sauber years. But after BMW left, Sauber returned to using C and picked up the numbers where it would have been if the naming convention hadn't changed.

The C stands for Peter Sauber's wife Christiane. His first car was called the C1 and since then all Sauber cars (with the exception of the BMW Sauber cars) have used the C for Christiane.

Alpine

The 2024 Alpine car is called the A524.

Since Renault became Alpine in 2021, all of their cars have had the following naming formula: A + 5 + the last two digits of the year.

In January 2021, the team explained why the 2021 car was called the A521. The A is for Alpine. The 5 is for A500, which was a prototype for the 1975 F1 season. All of the cars since 2021, have followed this naming convention and have just changed the 21 to correspond with the current year.

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The Visa Cash App RB 2024 car is called the VCARB 01.

There really isn't much about the team as of right now due to the rebrand changing up everything from the previous AlphaTauri stuff. However, VCARB is the acronym for the team name and this is the first car to be run under the rebrand, thus the 01.

Aston Martin

The Aston Martin 2024 car is called the AMR24.

Since 2021, Aston Martin has used the same naming convention: AMR + the last 2 digits of the current year. The AMR stands for Aston Martin Racing.

Ferrari

The 2024 Ferrari car is named the SF-24.

However, unlike the other teams, it is hard to predict what the Ferrari will be named. In recent years, there have been the F1-75, SF21, SF1000, SF90, F14-T, and 150º Italia just to list a few of the names.

For 2024, it is a simple naming convention that has been used in the past. SF = Scuderia Ferrari and then the last two digits of the year the car will be run.

RacingNews365 made a chart of every Ferrari car since 2000 and the meaning behind the name. For the most part, the formula for naming the car is either Ferrari/Scuderia Ferrari + year or important event commemoration.

Ferrari also uses the dash inconsistently which doesn't really mean anything, but is just not the most aesthetically pleasing when looking at a list of all the car names.

Mercedes

The 2024 Mercedes car is called the W15.

All Mercedes cars have had a W in the car name, even the 1954 and 1955 cars. The 2010 Mercedes car was the W01 and since then the team has continued chronologically.

The W stands for Wagen which means car in German.

McLaren

The 2024 McLaren car is called the MCL38.

The numbers have been ascending since almost the beginning with a few B-Spec cars for the most part. However, the beginning letters have changed over the years. Since 2017, McLaren has used MCL. And just as it looks, MCL is short for McLaren.

The 2023 car didn't have the chronological number due to honoring McLaren's 60 years of history.

Red Bull

The 2024 Red Bull car is named the RB 20.

Since its first year, the Red Bull cars have been given the RB designation along with a chronologically ascending number. The RB as expected stands for Red Bull.

The RB 20 marks 20 seasons of Red Bull in Formula One.