While some other teams were already focused on the development of their machines for the upcoming season, Ferrari was entangled in a fight for both titles until the end of the 2008 season. Usually that is not a very big problem but with the advent of a completely new set of rules and a ban on all in-season testing, this proved to be disastrous for the Italian team. Throughout 2009 the 'Scuderia' was forced to play catch-up and a single victory for Raikonen in the Ferrari F60 was a small reward for all the effort.
With little more to win, Ferrari decided to stop development of the F60 well ahead of the final race of the season and instead turned their full attention on its successor, the F10. The single biggest revision in the regulations the engineers had to deal with was the ban on re-fueling during the race, so a much larger fuel tank had to be fitted. Considering the huge effect of changing fuel loads on the handling of the car, this was by no means a straightforward job. The designers could work with the room that became available after the removal of the KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) unit; the teams had unanimously agreed to abandon engine recovery system for the foreseeable future.
Specifications- Chassis: Carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite structure
- Gearbox: Ferrari longitudinal gearbox, semiautomatic sequential electronically controlled – quick shift
- Differential: Limited-slip differential
- Number of gears: 7 +Reverse
- Brakes: Brembo ventilated carbon-fibre disc brakes
- Suspension: Independent suspension, push-rod activated torsion springs front and rear
- Weight: with water, lubricant and driver: 620 kg
- Wheels: BBS Wheels (front and rear): 13”
- Engine
- Type: Ferrari 056
- Number of cylinders: V8, 90°
- Cylinder block: In sand cast aluminium
- Number of valves: 32
- Fuel feed: Pneumatic distribution
- Total displacement: 2398 cm3
- Piston bore: 98 mm
- Weight: at least 95 kg
- Injection: Electronic injection and ignition
- Fuel: Shell V-Power
- Lubricant: Shell Helix Ultra
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