Greater than a 3rd of the 2025 Method 1 season is now behind us, and the present championship is getting into a vital section—necessary not just for this yr’s outcomes but in addition for what lies forward. A transparent instance is Ferrari, a crew going through key selections within the coming weeks: whether or not to proceed believing within the SF-25 and its potential or to start specializing in 2026. The upcoming races, resembling Austria and Britain, can be decisive in shaping the Italian crew’s course. Among the many challenges of 2025, which the engineers at GeS are attempting to deal with with a brand new rear suspension anticipated to debut in early summer season, reliability points linked to the facility unit appear to have triggered extra concern alongside the dearth of pace. This suspension is aimed toward resolving a part of the automotive’s weaknesses by unlocking the package deal’s potential, which presently can’t emerge because of mechanical limitations brought on by the prevailing suspension format.
Extra issues?
As beforehand reported solely in the course of the Jeddah weekend, Ferrari’s engine division had changed the facility models of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton as a precaution after seeing troubling information, anticipating a change initially scheduled for Miami. In Florida, Ferrari prospects like Haas and Stake skilled structural failures within the energy unit—much like what occurred to Esteban Ocon at Imola. And it was at Imola the place a crew member informally confirmed these issues when requested whether or not there was confidence in engine sturdiness. The person didn’t reply calmly or reassuringly, as a substitute selecting to keep away from the query and place hope in future enhancements.
Moreover, as we additionally reported solely, Ferrari seems to have determined to scale back the mileage of its energy models to protect reliability, whereas working—if potential—on a repair. This transfer, although it doesn’t have an effect on engine efficiency, might lead to grid penalties for Ferrari and its buyer groups earlier than the top of the season, as they might be unable to complete the yr inside the 4 models allowed by the FIA.
Between hope and (some) admission…
A brand new headache, then, for the Italian facet, which additionally appears to have confronted bother in Spain, the place till the arrival of the Security Automotive, the SF-25s had been operating easily. After the restart, nevertheless—regardless of Charles Leclerc’s assault on Max Verstappen and a theoretically higher tempo due to more energizing tyres—the Monegasque by no means managed to drag away from the vehicles behind and crossed the road in a decent pack after his tempo collapsed within the remaining laps. The same scenario affected Lewis Hamilton, who, regardless of being quicker than his teammate within the second stint, pale after the Security Automotive and was even overtaken by Nico Hulkenberg’s Stake. Briefly, a whole blackout for Ferrari, which probably has its roots in technical—or extra exactly, engine-related—points on each vehicles.
This state of affairs appears possible not solely because of gathered info but in addition due to hints dropped by crew principal Fred Vasseur, who confirmed points with the vehicles in the course of the post-race press convention.
“We had an issue on the automotive within the remaining stint. We had points on each vehicles, however they weren’t oil-related (Toto Wolff had stated he noticed a leak from Charles Leclerc’s automotive). I don’t know the place it was coming from, perhaps from the automotive behind. However that’s not the difficulty we had.” – the French supervisor identified on the finish of the Spanish Grand Prix.
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