Name of Ferrari’s 2017 F1 car leaked by Santander

I get it, but it's dumb.

 

Not sure that much thought should be going into naming it...

It's not like they have to distinguish it by anything except the 2017 season...

Robb

 

JANUARY 27, 2017

Ferrari denies 2017 car to honour Bianchi



Ferrari has denied that the official name for its 2017 car is now out of the bag.

Santander, a Spanish sponsor of the fabled Italian team, tweeted a graphic that suggested Ferrari's new car will be called the SF17-JB -- with the 'JB' an apparent tribute to the late former Ferrari junior driver Jules Bianchi.

Santander then deleted the tweet, apologising and retracting the news.

But the name spread like wildfire on the internet, prompting Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport to contact Ferrari for an official response.

The newspaper said Ferrari "denied that (SF17-JB) will be the name of the car".

And a team spokesman was quoted as saying by Italy's Corriere dello Sport: "The news is without foundation.

"The most appropriate and elegant way to remember Jules is doing what was done in Nice, with the dedication of a street in his name."

 

Despite the link that there was between Bianchi and Ferrari, I think that naming a car after a driver who died driving for another team is a bit out of place.

 

How awkward. You'd think there must have been something at least in discussion - i.e., that Santander didn't entirely make this up. But, either way, what an embarrassing misfire.

 

This might be a 365gtb/4 : Daytona issue again ..... where Ferrari were not pleased about the name Daytona getting out so "they" only referred to it as the 365GTB/4