The car has the Italian glamour team’s traditional deep red livery, with white and yellow stripes running along the sides and the black features of previous years toned down.

Ferrari are seeking to end a long trophy drought this season.

They have not won a constructors’ championship since 2008 and the team’s last drivers’ crown dates back to Kimi Räikkönen’s triumph in 2007.

“I really like the car, including the white and yellow details on the bodywork,” said Charles Leclerc.

“What interests me most is the performance because it’s on the track where everything is at stake.

“The SF-24 promises to be less sensitive and more drivable [than last year’s car] and I’d say that’s exactly what we drivers need in order to be able to do well.

“I expect a step forward in many respects and I think we are where we want to be.

“This season’s aim is always to be at the front.

“I want to repay our fans with lots of good races and a return to dedicating victories to them.”

Leclerc will be teaming up with Carlos Sainz for the last time this season as the Spaniard is set to make way in 2025 for the arrival of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes.

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