Scuderia Ferrari F1 launched its new car for the 2008 FIA Formula 1 championship. Dubbed the F2008, the new car is an evolution of the FIA F1 World Championship winning F2007. According to Aldo Costa, Technical Director of the Scuderia:

“All the aerodynamic surfaces have been completely updated. The body is more concave, the engine cover has a different profile to improve the efficiency and resolve some problems we had on circuits such as Monte Carlo, Hungary and Canada. We’ve also done some major work on the electronics and the control systems. This year we have to use an integrated central system and an MES. Thus we had to review the electronic layout of the car and try to figure it out without any help from the drivers, such as the traction control and some other controls. We’ve been working a lot on the gearbox, which has to be used for four races in a row this year. We changed the dimension to improve its lifetime; but we’ve worked also on the suspension, to improve the lifetime of the whole car.”

Some of the visible changes can be seen in the bargeboard design, front spoiler upper element, rear spoiler upper element, duct work on the engine cover, aero treatment on the sidepod and the extended fin design behind the air inlet / duct tunnel element.

The new F2008 looks ready for the new Formula 1 season. This author, for one, cannot wait for March.