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Fans to choose name for Ferrari F1 car
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Millions of fans worldwide will have a say in choosing a name for Ferrari’s 2014 Formula One car via the internet in January, the Italian team said yesterday.
Ferrari’s car this season was the F138, a combination of the year and a tribute to the V8 engine in its final campaign before being replaced by a new turbocharged V6 unit with energy recovery systems.
The team, which has Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen as its drivers in a line-up of world champions, has half a million Facebook ‘likes’ while the carmaker has 12.6 million.
The official Ferrari Twitter account has more than 670,000 followers.
Ferrari ended third overall in the constructors’ championship this season, behind champion Red Bull and Mercedes, although Alonso was runner-up in the drivers’ standings.
President Luca Di Montezemolo told reporters at a Christmas lunch at the Fiorano test track that he was looking forward to the new driver pairing and expected them to work well together.
Ferrari presented its new engine, designated the 059/3, in virtual fashion with a 3D film shown at the Maranello factory on Thursday.
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