Carbon fiber shines at this year’s Italian Grand Prix.
Scuderia Ferrari is looking forward to one of the most important racing weekends on its Formula 1 calendar, the Italian Grand Prix. As Ferrari’s home race, the historic team is celebrating one of the most important materials to motorsport innovation: carbon fiber. The highly innovative material has been paramount to both speed and safety, and throughout Scuderia Ferrari’s presence at Monza, carbon fiber will take the spotlight.
The material was invented in 1958, and was introduced to Scuderia Ferrari’s F1 cars in 1982, used to strengthen the 126 C2’s aluminum chassis. Since then, carbon fiber has gone on to define high-performance excellence, celebrated for its lightweight construction and strength for both race cars and roadgoing sports cars and supercars. At this year’s Italian Grand Prix, a special livery is adorning the Ferrari SF-24 race cars, with the racing numbers evoking the woven, reflective look of carbon fiber.
Ferrari’s F1 drivers, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, will wear helmets with exposed carbon fiber, and they will also sport race suits with a carbon fiber look, and a suite of accessories that evoke the unmistakable look of carbon fiber. With the impact of carbon fiber on the entire motorsport and automotive world, Ferrari is celebrating the legend of the incredible material at its home race in Monza.
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