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Ferrari sets launch date for 2018 car

Ferrari will launch its 2018 car on February 22 next year, four days before the first pre-season test in Barcelona.

After fighting for the title with Mercedes and finishing second this year, the Italian team is hoping to secure its first championship in a decade next season. The 2018 car, which has not yet been named, will be launched online before the team heads to Spain for the opening day of testing.

"Given where we started from last year, this season we have taken giant strides forward," Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne said at an end-of-season media lunch on Monday.