Greater than a 3rd of the 2025 Method 1 season is now behind us, and the present championship is coming into an important section—vital not just for this yr’s outcomes but in addition for what lies forward. A transparent instance is Ferrari, a crew 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, equivalent to Austria and Britain, will probably be decisive in shaping the Italian crew’s path. 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 ability unit appear to have triggered extra concern alongside the shortage of velocity. This suspension is geared toward resolving a part of the automotive’s weaknesses by unlocking the package deal’s potential, which at the moment can’t emerge attributable to mechanical limitations brought on by the present suspension format.
Extra issues?
As beforehand reported solely through the Jeddah weekend, Ferrari’s engine division had changed the ability items of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton as a precaution after seeing troubling knowledge, anticipating a change initially scheduled for Miami. In Florida, Ferrari clients like Haas and Stake skilled structural failures within the energy unit—just like what occurred to Esteban Ocon at Imola. And it was at Imola the place a crew member informally confirmed these considerations when requested whether or not there was confidence in engine sturdiness. The person didn’t reply calmly or reassuringly, as an alternative 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 cut back the mileage of its energy items to protect reliability, whereas working—if potential—on a repair. This transfer, although it doesn’t have an effect on engine efficiency, may lead to grid penalties for Ferrari and its buyer groups earlier than the tip of the season, as they could be unable to complete the yr throughout 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 hassle in Spain, the place till the arrival of the Security Automobile, the SF-25s had been operating easily. After the restart, nonetheless—regardless of Charles Leclerc’s assault on Max Verstappen and a theoretically higher tempo due to brisker tyres—the Monegasque by no means managed to drag away from the automobiles behind and crossed the road in a good pack after his tempo collapsed within the closing laps. The same state of affairs affected Lewis Hamilton, who, regardless of being sooner than his teammate within the second stint, light after the Security Automobile and was even overtaken by Nico Hulkenberg’s Stake. Briefly, an entire blackout for Ferrari, which possible has its roots in technical—or extra exactly, engine-related—points on each automobiles.
This state of affairs appears possible not solely attributable to gathered info but in addition due to hints dropped by crew principal Fred Vasseur, who confirmed points with the automobiles through the post-race press convention.
“We had an issue on the automotive within the closing stint. We had points on each automobiles, 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, possibly 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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