Ferrari SF70H

Ferrari SF70H

Sebastian Vettel testing the SF70H at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Category	Formula One
Constructor	Ferrari
Designer(s)	Mattia Binotto (Technical Director) Simone Resta (Chief Designer) Enrico Cardile (Chief Aerodynamicist)
Predecessor	Ferrari SF16-H
Technical specifications
Engine	Ferrari 062
Electric motor	Kinetic and thermal energy recovery systems
Transmission	8
Weight	728kg (Including driver, lubricants and water)
Fuel	Shell V-Power
Tyres	Pirelli P Zero (dry) tyres Pirelli Cinturato (wet) tyres
Competition history
Notable entrants	Scuderia Ferrari
Notable drivers	5 Sebastian Vettel 7 Kimi Räikkönen
Debut	2017 Australian Grand Prix
Races Wins Podiums Poles F.Laps 5 2 6 1 2

The Ferrari SF70H is a Formula One racing car designed and constructed by Scuderia Ferrari to compete during the 2017 Formula One season. The car is driven by Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen. It made its competitive début at the 2017 Australian Grand Prix, where it finished first and fourth in the hands of Vettel and Räikkönen respectively.

In keeping with his tradition of giving his cars female nicknames, Vettel named his SF70H "Gina".

Competition history

The car proved to be fast in pre-season testing, and it carried its form into the first race of the season, the Australian Grand Prix. Vettel qualified in 2nd, splitting the two Mercedes cars and Räikkönen qualified in 4th. Vettel took the lead from Lewis Hamilton on lap 17 when he pitted for new tyres. Hamilton rejoined behind Max Verstappen and could not pass him. Vettel took advantage of this and came out in the lead after his stop. Vettel went on to win the inaugural race of the season ahead of the two Mercedes drivers, giving Ferrari its first win since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix. Räikkönen finished in 4th after fending off a late charge from Verstappen. This result also marked the first race weekend after which a Mercedes-powered team was not leading the constructors' championship since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix.

In China Vettel and Räkkönen qualified in same positions as in Australia, i.e., in 2nd and 4th respectively. The race started in semi-dry conditions. Everyone, except Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz Jr. started on the Intermediate tyre compound. At the end of lap 2, many drivers including Vettel decided to pit for dry tyres under the Virtual Safety Car caused by Williams' Lance Stroll who had crashed. This proved to be very costly for Vettel as Sauber's Antonio Giovinazzi crashed on lap 4 which forced the Safety Car to come out. This meant that the two Red Bulls of Ricciardo and Verstappen along with Räikkönen had eclipsed Vettel in the pits and he was relegated to 5th. Vettel eventually managed to climb back up into 2nd and maintain his position till the end. Räikkönen meanwhile struggled with understeer throughout the whole weekend. At the start of the race he was overtaken by Ricciardo into the first corner. Unlike his teammate, Räikkönen could not find a way past the two Red Bull cars and finished in fifth. Hamilton winning the race meant that he and Vettel were tied in points after two races. Mercedes also managed to outscore Ferrari which put them 1 point ahead of Ferrari in the constructors' championship before the Bahrain Grand Prix.

At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Vettel qualified third, 4 tenths of a second down on pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas. Räikkönen qualified fifth, behind Ricciardo. At the start, Vettel passed Hamilton for second and was pushing Bottas who struggled with pace and rear tyres. Vettel pitted for supersoft tyres when the safety car came out. Vettel came out in first place and started making advantage on softer tyres. Vettel pitted again and returned on soft tyres, while Hamilton took the lead on older tyres, with Bottas moving into second place. Hamilton pitted for new tyres and started chasing Vettel. He easily passed Bottas, but Vettel maintained the lead to win the Bahrain Grand Prix for the third time, with Räikkönen finishing fourth. It was Vettel's second win in first three races in the season.

Ferrari would earn their first front-row lockout of the season in Russia with Vettel taking pole position. However Bottas was able to overtake both Vettel and Räikkönen at the start and maintained the lead throughout the race. Vettel initially struggled to match Bottas' pace but in the second half of the race, he was able to close the gap to Bottas, who was on an older set of tyres than Vettel. During the last lap, Vettel managed to get within a second of Bottas but it was too little too late as Bottas claimed his first win of his career. Räikkönen secured his first podium finish of the season by finishing in third and also had the fastest lap of the race. With 20% of the season completed, Vettel leads the Drivers' Championship by 13 points over Hamilton and Ferrari trail Mercedes in the Constructors' Championship by a single point.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Grands Prix																				Points	WCC
					AUS	CHN	BHR	RUS	ESP	MON	CAN	AZE	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	MAL	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU
2017	Ferrari	Ferrari 062	P
				Kimi Räikkönen	4	5	4	3	Ret																153*	2nd*
				Sebastian Vettel	1	2	1	2	2

Notes

• * – Season in progress.
• † – Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as they had completed greater than 90% of the race distance.