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[LiamCatterson]

Sorry but that F14-T looks damn fine...Love the car

[stonemonkey]

Looks like there's more in the way of suspension members in front of the sidepod openings too.

[Ferrari man 009]

Sorry but that F14-T looks damn fine...Love the car

The nose looks better than any other car so far, its stepped but its one I dont mind looking at - some of the others (McLaren especially) are horribly ugly

[sagi58]

Sorry but that F14-T looks damn fine...Love the car

It surely is a thing of beauty, eh?

[racechick]

It looks like a face.Two big eyes, a long nose and a smiley white mouth!

[sagi58]

Remember this beast? It wasn't smiling:

[operaman]

It looks like a face.Two big eyes, a long nose and a smiley white mouth!

I didn't see the face, until you mentioned it.


To be honest I have not liked the looks of F1 cars, since the early 90's Ferrari and McLaren. If the 2014 cars allow for competitive racing, I don't care if they are butt-ugly.

[sagi58]

, Jonathan Noble and Dieter Rencken wrote:">Analysis: Ferrari pressure rising in 2014 Formula 1 season

Ferrari has always faced external pressure to win, but the team is also demanding much more of itself in the 2014 Formula 1 season as top brass tire of underachievement.

After years when the team has failed to back up its bold predictions on-track, there is now a sound basis to Ferrari's claims that things should be better this season.

For beyond simply the all-new 2014 regulations serving to shake up the order, there are internal factors that give its chiefs genuine reasons for optimism...

[sagi58]

, Edd Straw wrote:">Ferrari: reliability will be the deciding factor in 2014 Formula 1 season

Reliability will be "fundamental" to winning the Formula 1 world championship in 2014, according to Ferrari technical director James Allison.

"If I had to choose a thing that was likely to be the dominant factor for the season, I would choose neither the level of power nor the aerodynamic development," said Allison.

"I would say this year reliability is going to be absolutely fundamental."

As well as allowing teams to score consistently, a reliable car will also be crucial to providing a platform for development, particularly with only 12 days of pre-season testing available...

[sagi58]

Bird's eye view:

[LiamCatterson]

Hopefully, this will be the championship winning car

[racechick]

It looks like a face.Two big eyes, a long nose and a smiley white mouth!

I didn't see the face, until you mentioned it.


To be honest I have not liked the looks of F1 cars, since the early 90's Ferrari and McLaren. If the 2014 cars allow for competitive racing, I don't care if they are butt-ugly.

I agree, beauty comes from performance. Apart form the JPS I can't really get orgasmic over how the cars look. Quite like some, don't like some, but not overly bothered.

[spankyham]

Scarbs agrees with me on the both the size of the F14-T sidepods and size of the intake area

[NHcheese]

I don't like it. The front is alright, but the way the nose goes lower, looks slightly odd. and the top intakes are very triangular. How are they going to get air passing to the floor of the car?

[spankyham]

I don't like it. The front is alright, but the way the nose goes lower, looks slightly odd. and the top intakes are very triangular. How are they going to get air passing to the floor of the car?

There's no doubt this nose is designed to give front grip. You could surmise that if you feel you have enough rear grip, you will then focus on front grip. Ferrari's small narrow side pods (in a year when, in theory, side pods should get bigger with the intercooler) will feed the coke bottle well. I can only guess that Ferrari feel they have plenty of rear grip.

Still the big question for me is, how are Ferrari dealing with radiators and intercoolers with smaller sidepods than last year. Air/water intercooler is still a possibility.