After Ferrari had completed an initial cheering for the new car for the 2021 season on Friday morning, Ferrari announced that it would hold two launch events in the coming weeks before the new season.
Ferrari F1 boss Mattia Binotto announced in December that the team plans to split its launch events in 2021 and hold an event for the team and a separate event to unveil the car.
These dates have now been set for February 26th and March 10th, respectively; the first look at the car follows just two days before the start of the test drives in Bahrain.
This makes Ferrari the sixth team to announce its starting plans before the new season. Red Bull, Alpine, Aston Martin and Haas are the only teams that have yet to release dates.
Ferrari accompanied the announcement with a short video of the fire, which will be completed at its Maranello plant.
Shortly before cheering, Binotto spoke to the entire Ferrari team, with the majority of the members tuning in to follow the event via video call.
“Our 2021 season starts here,” said Binotto. “We can expect many challenges along the way and are determined to do better.
“The car has been improved in all areas where developments are allowed.
“We have to work determined and focused and know where we have been and where we are going.”
Ferrari heads into the 2021 season to recover from its worst season in 40 years after falling back to sixth place in last year’s championship and only taking three podiums.
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The team was hit hard after an FIA inspection of its engine in 2019, with the resulting guidelines causing a dramatic drop in performance.
Ferrari will start with a revised driver line-up in 2021 after Carlos Sainz was signed to replace four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel.
Sainz has already completed extensive drives for the team in his simulator and recently tested his 2018 car in Fiorano, but will only get a first run with the new car at the start of the test drives before the season.
The Ferrari SF21 will complete its first extended run on March 12th when testing begins in Bahrain.
2021 F1 car starts
| team | date |
| Mercedes | 2nd March |
| Red Bull | |
| McLaren | February 15th |
| Aston Martin | March |
| alpine | February |
| Ferrari | March 10th |
| AlphaTauri | 19th of February |
| Alfa Romeo | February 22 |
| Haas | |
| Williams | 5. March |
