The Stable Ferrari officially celebrated the baptism of the new one F1-75a single-seater designed by the Maranello-based company to enter the new aerodynamic era of Formula 1. However, as regards some details of the layout of the single-seater, there are some characteristics that link it to two other models belonging to the past of the Reddating back in particular to the beginning of the 90s and the middle of the same decade.
In fact, analyzing the car recently presented to the public, there are in fact some similarities with Ferrari 641 F1single-seater that participated in the world championship 1990 with the then reigning champion Alain Prost and with the British Nigel Mansell. Comparing the cars of today and yesterday, especially from a frontal perspective, they present a very similar design not only as regards the coloring of the liverybut also and above all for the shapes of the noseas well as side bellies of its cars. Although with the necessary differences due to the respective technical regulations, the F1-75 actually closely resembles its ‘ancestor’ of now 32 years ago, who came close to winning the world title with Prost after a highly contested accident with rival Ayrton Senna in the GP of Japan, who mathematically handed the world championship to the latter. Regardless of the results on the track, the 641 F1 is still today considered one of the most beautiful single-seaters in the history of Ferrari, so much so that it was subsequently exhibited at the Museum of Modern Arts from New York.
Another similarity, again from an earlier perspective of the single-seater, can finally be found with the F310car with which Ferrari participated in the championship 1996. In this case, however, the major point in common with the F1-75 is identifiable with the position and design of the nose. Today as then, in fact, the designers have resorted to a longer nose restrictedas well as to a rather collocation low. In that season, unlike the dreams of glory of 1990, the Red tried to raise his head after years of disappointment by signing reigning champion Michael Schumacher, flanked by Northern Irishman Eddie Irvine. Despite a car with still not very competitive performances, the German – destined to write the history of the Scuderia – also obtained two victories in that year: the first, under the flood in Spain, was the ‘starter’ of the success of Monza, episode in which the Kaiser he firmly entered the hearts of Ferrari fans. The aforementioned characteristics of the nose remained so for the first half of that championship, with the then Technical Director John Barnard who subsequently implemented some changes to the latter – starting with the Canadian GP – opting for a more elevated position.
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