Ferrari New F1 Car Named F138

Press release - Maranello, 30 January – The new Ferrari Formula 1 car which is being launched the day after tomorrow in a marquee inside the Maranello facility, will be called F138. The name of the fifty ninth car built by Ferrari to compete at the highest level of motor sport derives from a combination of the current year and the number of cylinders, partly to mark the fact that this will be the last year that the V8 engine configuration will be used in Formula 1, bringing to an end what will be an eight year career. With its fifty eight previous cars, the Scuderia is the only team to have taken part in every year of the championship and holds all the records in terms of titles won (31: 15 Drivers' and 16 Constructors',) Grand Prix wins (219,) pole positions (207) and fastest race laps (228.)

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This was posted in the Official 2013 Car Unveiling thread, and this was my response:

In that thread, it was identified that the last time Ferrari actually used the same naming convention for more than a year was in the early 2000s with the F200x cars named to match the calendar year. Hmm, that's when they were also dominating the sport. Coincidence?