The car with which Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen will fly the Scuderia Ferrari flag in this year’s Formula 1 World Championship will be called the F14 T. Prancing Horse fans from around the globe chose the name in a ballot that’s run on line from 15 January to midnight last night.
Stefano Domenicali, said: "It’s nice to know the name of the car has been chosen by our fans. The amazing number of votes shows just how popular Ferrari has always been and this will be, as always, a further impetus for us to do well this year!"
There was a total of 1,123,741 votes and the winning margin was just 19,104 or 1.7%, after a very close fight with F166 Turbo. The other three names on the list fared less well: third was F14 Scuderia (18.8%), followed by F14 Maranello (12.3%) and F616 (4.8%.).
New Ferrari the F14 T will be unveiled on Saturday, 25 January, at 14.30 CET.
RESULTS FROM VOTING
| 1 | F14 T | 369.711 | 32.9% |
| 2 | F166 Turbo | 350.607 | 31.2% |
| 3 | F14 Scuderia | 211.263 | 18.8% |
| 4 | F14 Maranelo | 138.220 | 12.3% |
| 5 | F616 | 53.940 | 4.8% |
