Scuderia Ferrari does not want to waste time: immediately after the official presentation scheduled to take place on Tuesday morning (the launch will take place at for 11:25 Italian time), the SF-23 challenger could be moved to the Fiorano pits where in the afternoon it would be able to make its first appearance on the track, as reported by Italian daily newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport.
The Scuderia will not complete the first filming day as Alfa Romeo (in Barcelona for two days), Red Bull and Haas (in Silverstone) have done so far, but could take advantage of an option in the regulation that allows a 15 km run on a track that is not homologated.
The Demo Event is an option that the Maranello team has already exploited last year on February 18 with the F1-75 driven by Charles Leclerc and forces the drivers to take a route that cuts the Fiorano track for a length of less than the original 3 km: last year the Monegasque covered seven laps.
The actual filming day, which is the usual commercial shooting would be scheduled for February 15, i.e. Wednesday, practically at the same time as the launch and first outing of the Mercedes W14, which is taking to the track at the Silverstone circuit.
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In this case, Ferrari will have the possibility of covering 100 km with the Pirelli Demo tires and will alternate the two drivers at the wheel of the SF-23. The Demo Event is still being defined, while the Filming Day is already scheduled.
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