At a media event in Maranello team principal Frederic Vasseur said Ferrari would unveil the 2024 car, codenamed 676, one day before this year's Valentine's Day launch of the SF-23.
“The launch will take place on the 13th of February, the day before the Valentine's Day,” Vasseur revealed. “You will see the rest [of the details, including the car's name] on that day.
“Why? Because we will have one day more before the [Bahrain pre-season] test,” he quipped. “No, it's quite tight, more seriously. We have the test a bit before [its 2023 slot] and it's quite a challenge to put everything together.
“It means that we had no other option. I think also that some other teams are doing it on the 14th, but it's quite challenging to be all ready for Bahrain.”
This year's Fiorano launch came loaded with expectations that Ferrari's SF-23 would right the wrongs of its initially competitive 2022 car and could mount a challenge for the world championship.
But that didn't come to pass, as Red Bull swept up all but one of 2023's 22 races, with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz the only driver to keep it from a clean sweep in Singapore.
Source: Autosport