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Ferrari became the first team to unveil their 2009 car on Monday morning when Felipe Massa took the new-look F60 for a spin at the Mugello track in Italy.

The car – named as a way of celebrating the fact that Ferrari are the only team to have competed in each of the 60 years of the Formula One world championship – provides a glimpse of the look that will dominate a season that heralds the biggest Formula One rule changes in 25 years.

Although not to all purists’ liking, the changes are designed to increase overtaking and, by extension, spectators’ enjoyment of a sport many feel has become a procession in recent years.

The F60 is dominated by a wide front wing and a tall, narrow rear wing; it sees the reintroduction of slick, unthreaded tyres for the first time in 10 years; most controversially of all, it incorporates the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) which is optional this season.

Technical specifications: Chassis

Carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite structure
Ferrari longitudinal garbo Limited-slip differential
Semiautomatic sequential electronically controlled garbo – quick shift
Number of gears 7 + Reverse
Brembo ventilated carbon-fibre disc brakes
Independent suspension, push-rod activated torsion springs front and rear
Weight (with water, lubricant and driver) 605 kg
BBS Wheels (front and rear) 13″
Kinetic energy recovery system by Ferrari in cooperation with Magneti Marelli

Engine

Type 056
Number of cylinders 8
Cilinder block in cast aluminium V 90°
Number of valves 32
Pneumatic distribution
Total displacement 2398 cm3
Piston bore 98 mm
Weight > 95 kg
Magneti Marelli digital electronic injection
Magneti Marelli static electronic ignition
Fuel Shell V-Power ULG-66L/2
Lubricant Shell

[via Telegraph, AMS and Paddocktalk]