The Ferrari SF71H was a
Formula One racing car
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designed and constructed by
Scuderia Ferrari to compete during the
2018 FIA Formula One World Championship
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. The chassis was designed by
Mattia Binotto,
Simone Resta,
Enrico Cardile
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Career
Cardile obtained a degree in aerospace engineer ...
and David Sanchez with Corrado Iotti leading the powertrain design. The car was driven by
Sebastian Vettel and
Kimi Räikkönen, and made its competitive debut at the
2018 Australian Grand Prix.
Keeping with his tradition to name his cars, Vettel named his SF71H "Loria".
Livery
As
Santander dropped their sponsorship, the livery features very little white, similar to the livery used in the
2007,
2008
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, and
2009 cars. At the
Japanese Grand Prix
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, Ferrari introduced a new livery, carrying the logo of Mission Winnow, a joint promotion with major sponsor
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.
Design and development
The SF71H features a longer wheelbase than its predecessor, the
SF70H, and a revised cooling system. Ferrari have further evolved their philosophy of moving the crash structure outside the sidepods, creating a complex bargeboard array and sidepod inlet configuration, even including winglets on the rear view mirrors. A small shark fin goes down the engine cover, and supports a low T-wing above the exhaust and spanning almost the entire width of the rear wing.
One of the most significant updates of the season came at the
Spanish Grand Prix
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, where Ferrari changed the way the mirrors were mounted, switching from a "standard" position to having them mounted on the
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. They also added a winglet above each mirror, but the
FIA
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deemed them illegal, despite claims from the team that they were intended to support the mirrors. Therefore, they were removed at the next race in
Monaco
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.
After being outperformed by
Mercedes at the
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,
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Grands Prix, Ferrari removed some of their updates at the
United States Grand Prix
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, which allowed them to compete with and beat Mercedes again.
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The SF71H took two wins in the three opening Grands Prix, and set two new track records at the
while qualifying on pole. Thus in these three races the car seemed to be faster than their rivals
. As of the end of the 2021 championship, the SF71H is Ferrari's most successful car in the hybrid engine era (2014–present), scoring 6 wins (5 by Vettel, 1 by Räikkönen) and 24 podiums, surpassing its predecessor, the SF70H, that had 5 wins and 20 podiums.
. The car that beat the SF71H's record is the
. Until the
and the lap with the highest average speed of . That record was also broken by the
with an average speed of .
) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)