Ferrari F14 T

Ferrari F14 T

Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari F14 T at the British Grand Prix
Constructor:	Ferrari
Designer:	James Allison (Technical Director) Nicholas Tombazis (Chief Designer) Dirk de Beer (Head of Aerodynamics)
Predecessor:	Ferrari F138
Successor:	Ferrari SF15-T
Technical specifications
Engine:	Ferrari type 059/3
Weight:	691 kg (including driver)
Tires:	Pirelli
Petrol:	Shell
statistics
Driver:	Fernando Alonso Kimi Raikkonen
First start:	2014 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2014
Starts Victories Poles SR 19th - - 1
World Cup points:	216
Podiums:	2
Leadership laps:	32 over 139.917 km

The Ferrari F14 T was the 47th Formula 1 race car of the Scuderia Ferrari . The team contested the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship with the vehicle .

designation

The car was presented in Maranello on January 25, 2014 .

The name of the car was made up of the combination of the year and the abbreviation for turbocharger , and it also corresponded to the Fiat lettering in Leetspeak . Before the presentation, Ferrari made several suggestions available, among which the fans could choose the name of the vehicle by means of internet voting. The designation F14 T received the most votes with 369,711.

Technology and development

The F14 T is the successor model of the F138 , although the vehicle is visually and technically significantly different from the previous model due to rule changes for the 2014 Formula 1 season .

Due to the rule changes for the 2014 season, the nose of the vehicle was significantly lower than that of the vehicle from the previous year. Ferrari continued to use a relatively high chassis in the 2014 season, which is why the front section of the vehicle bent further down at the level of the front suspension than on other vehicles. The front wing was suspended from two struts that were relatively far apart.

The F14 T is powered by the newly developed Ferrari type 059/3 , a 1.6-liter V6 engine with a turbocharger . Due to the regulations, there was only one central exhaust pipe that was above the rear light.

As with the previous models, Ferrari also used a tension strut suspension on the front axle of the F14 T. A new brake system was also developed in collaboration with Brembo , which now uses smaller brake calipers. In addition, an electronic brake pedal, a so-called brake-by-wire , was used for the first time in Formula 1 .

During the season, the team experimented several times with a system in which air was directed through the front axle to the wheel hub in order to improve the airflow around the front wheels. In the middle of the season, however, this was given up as the system did not have the desired effect.

Painting and sponsorship

The F14 T was mainly painted in classic red, with a white stripe along the entire length of the car and a wide black stripe underneath. Behind the cockpit these rose far upwards, so that the rear part of the engine cover was completely black. Major sponsors visible on the car were Hublot , Kaspersky Lab , Santander , UPS and Shell .

driver

Ferrari competed in 2014 with the driver duo Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen . Räikkönen, who had already driven for Ferrari from 2007 to 2009, came from Lotus and replaced Felipe Massa , who left the team after eight seasons and switched to Williams .

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
Formula 1 season 2014																					216	4th
F. Alonso	14th	4th	4th	9	3	6th	4th	6th	5	6th	5	2	7th	DNF	4th	DNF	6th	6th	6th	9
K. Raikkonen	7th	7th	12	10	8th	7th	12	10	10	DNF	11	6th	4th	9	8th	12	9	13	7th	10

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Ferrari F14 T  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Christian Nimmervoll & Stefan Ziegler: Ferrari: Chasing the title with the F14 T. Motorsport-Total.com, January 25, 2014, accessed January 25, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Ferrari wants to "really blossom" with the F14 T. Motorsport-Total.com, January 25, 2014, accessed January 25, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Craig Scarborough: Technical analysis: The Ferrari SF15-T in detail. Motorsport-Total.com, January 31, 2015, accessed January 31, 2015 .