Ferrari will unveil the car that Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc will drive in this year’s 2022 F1 World Championship on February 17.
The Italian squad bounced back from their worst season in 40 years in 2020 to finish last season three places better than third in the Constructors Championship.
New signing Sainz finished an impressive fifth in the drivers’ standings after ending the year on a podium, while Leclerc was 5.5 points adrift in seventh place.
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Leclerc and Sainz are preparing for their second season together
Sainz and Leclerc will once again pilot the red cars this season, with team boss Mattia Binotto set to speak to Sainz in the coming weeks about a contract extension beyond the end of the season. Leclerc is on board until the end of 2024.
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Ferrari is yet to announce the name of its new car, which will be the first to be launched this season using revolutionary technical rules.
They are the second team to announce their start date, with Aston Martin getting in first on Friday when they set February 10th for the AMR22’s unveiling.
Stay tuned to F1.com for more F1 launch news and visit here for the 2022 23-race calendar.
