Greater than a 3rd of the 2025 System 1 season is now behind us, and the present championship is getting into a vital section—vital not just for this yr’s outcomes but in addition for what lies forward. A transparent instance is Ferrari, a staff dealing with 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, comparable to Austria and Britain, will probably be decisive in shaping the Italian staff’s path. Among the many challenges of 2025, which the engineers at GeS try to handle with a brand new rear suspension anticipated to debut in early summer time, reliability points linked to the ability unit appear to have triggered further concern alongside the shortage of velocity. This suspension is aimed toward resolving a part of the automobile’s weaknesses by unlocking the package deal’s potential, which presently can’t emerge as a result of mechanical limitations brought on by the prevailing suspension format.
Extra issues?
As beforehand reported completely in the course of the Jeddah weekend, Ferrari’s engine division had changed the ability items 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 staff 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 completely, Ferrari seems to have determined to cut back the mileage of its energy items to protect reliability, whereas working—if doable—on a repair. This transfer, although it doesn’t have an effect on engine efficiency, might end in grid penalties for Ferrari and its buyer groups earlier than the top of the season, as they could be unable to complete the yr inside the 4 items allowed by the FIA.
Between hope and (some) admission…
A brand new headache, then, for the Italian aspect, which additionally appears to have confronted bother in Spain, the place till the arrival of the Security Automobile, the SF-25s had been working easily. After the restart, nevertheless—regardless of Charles Leclerc’s assault on Max Verstappen and a theoretically higher tempo because of more energizing tyres—the Monegasque by no means managed to tug away from the vehicles behind and crossed the road in a good pack after his tempo collapsed within the closing laps. An identical scenario affected Lewis Hamilton, who, regardless of being quicker than his teammate within the second stint, pale after the Security Automobile and was even overtaken by Nico Hulkenberg’s Stake. In brief, an entire blackout for Ferrari, which doubtless has its roots in technical—or extra exactly, engine-related—points on each vehicles.
This situation appears possible not solely as a result of gathered data but in addition due to hints dropped by staff principal Fred Vasseur, who confirmed points with the vehicles in the course of the post-race press convention.
“We had an issue on the automobile within the closing stint. We had points on each vehicles, however they weren’t oil-related (Toto Wolff had mentioned he noticed a leak from Charles Leclerc’s automobile). I don’t know the place it was coming from, perhaps from the automobile 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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