Leclerc's team-mate Carlos Sainz, who in Singapore last year became the only non-Red Bull driver to win a race in 2023, said: "I'm looking forward to driving the car to see if it correlates with the feeling I had from the simulator, which is that it's the step forward we all want.

"The aim is to have a car that's more driveable and therefore able to run at a consistent race pace, as these are the basic requirements to fight for wins.

"We drivers have done our very best to give the engineers precise feedback and I'm sure the workforce in Maranello will have listened to our needs."

Vasseur said the team had also worked on further improving its operational management, a weakness in recent years on which a significant step was made under his guidance last year.

The Frenchman said: "The longest-ever Formula 1 season awaits us and Charles, Carlos and I all agree we must be more clinical and effective in how we manage the races, making bold choices, to get the best possible result at every Grand Prix."

The new Ferrari is a "completely new platform", according to chassis technical director Enrico Cardile, who said that "every area of the car has been redesigned".

Cardile added: "Our starting point was the development direction we adopted last year which saw us leap forward in terms of competitiveness in the final part of the season.

"We have taken on board what the drivers told us and turned those ideas into engineering reality, to give them a car that's easier to drive and therefore easier to get the most out of and push it to its limits."

The pictures released by Ferrari, which are likely to disguise key design areas of the car that the team wants to keep under wraps for as long as possible, show a redesigned nose and front wing and extensively reshaped bodywork as the team seeks to find the consistent, predictable downforce that was often elusive for them last year.