(Motorsport) The most successful Formula 1 team in history, Ferrari have named their 2022 car F1-75 Ferrari’s first production car – the 125 S which left the factory in March 1947. Only two such cars were made and the 125 S was a 1.5-litre race car which subsequently won the 1947 Grand Prix of Rome, driven by Franco Cortese. The F1-75 will be the 68th Ferrari car with the ‘75’ designation and will be unveiled to the public on February 17th. 

“Formula 1, with its spirit of competition and innovation, has always been a fundamental part of Ferrari, driving the technological development of our road cars,” said chairman John Elkann as the team announced the name of their new car. This year, as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of our first production car leaving the factory, we honour that spirit by naming our 2022 F1 challenger the Ferrari F1-75.” 

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will be driving the F1-75 in the upcoming 2022 Formula 1 season which will not only feature a new design but an overhaul of the aerodynamics, wheels and more as a number of new regulations are set to come into effect. The drivers will test out the 2022 car for the first time during the first of two pre-season testing sessions in Barcelona. 

The testing will take place across three days from February 23-25 at the Circuit de Catalunya behind closed doors followed by three more days of testing in Bahrain from March 10-12 after which the first of the 23 Grand Prix will take place from March 18-20 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sekhir which takes place over 57 laps. Ferrari will hope to close the gap on both Red Bull and Mercedes, especially considering the amount of time and investment that has gone into the development of the F1-75. 

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