Ferrari have launched their 2020 challenger, with no major surprises. The car is the traditional red which will shock nobody. It does however appear to be slightly darker than its predecessor, with the orange tinge of the SF90 being replaced with the colour that is more familiar with the prancing horse.

The car looks rather aggressive, with most outlets describing it as ‘Extreme’. The rake of the car seems to be much larger this year, but the car is rather an updated version of the SF90 with a few subtle changes to bring it up to standard. This goes against what was speculated, that Ferrari were going to build a completely new car, but this was going to be a huge risk given that the SF90 was a race winning car.

Team boss Mattia Binotto has confirmed the version we’ve seen at the launch is “the one we finished with last year”, but he added that Ferrari “will not change our concept” in this area.

Binotto continued, “The starting point was the car of last year, the SF90, but certainly we have been extreme on the concept as much as we could, we’ve developed the car trying to look for maximum aero performance and maximise the downforce level, so the entire car, the monocoque, the power unit, the gearbox has been really packaged in a way to have a narrow and slim bodyshape. I think that is quite visible on it.

“We worked on the components, the suspension – it has been designed to have has had a greater durability on the racetrack for the setup.”