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Vasseur: 2024 Ferrari F1 car will be "95%" new

The 2024 Ferrari Formula 1 car will be "95%" new, according to team boss Fred Vasseur.

Ferrari dropped a place to third in the 2023 constructors’ standings but did enjoy a notably strong end to the campaign thanks to a run of four podium finishes from the final five rounds.

Drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc struggled with the SF-23's unpredictable handling and poor tyre degradation that led to wildly fluctuating form from race to race.

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The car’s strengths laid in braking, straightline speed and short-corner performance but Vasseur says that almost all parts will be revised for 2024 – ahead of a 13 February unveiling.

Speaking to the media in Maranello, the team boss said: "Revolution - I don't know if it is the right word because we have the same regulation now three years in a row that you can't change massively the situation.

"Again, it's a matter of tenths of seconds. It means it's all 0.1 or 0.2% performance that we are looking for. It's not five [percent].

"For sure, we have to do a step. I don't underestimate the step.

"We are changing 95% of the components of the car. Perhaps you can consider that it's a revolution."

Source: Autosport

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