Greater than a 3rd of the 2025 Components 1 season is now behind us, and the present championship is getting into a vital part—vital not just for this yr’s outcomes but in addition for what lies forward. A transparent instance is Ferrari, a workforce going through key choices 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, akin to Austria and Britain, might be decisive in shaping the Italian workforce’s route. 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 season, reliability points linked to the ability unit appear to have triggered further concern alongside the dearth of velocity. This suspension is geared toward resolving a part of the automobile’s weaknesses by unlocking the package deal’s potential, which at the moment can’t emerge because of mechanical limitations attributable to the present suspension structure.
Extra issues?
As beforehand reported solely through the Jeddah weekend, Ferrari’s engine division had changed the ability models of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton as a precaution after seeing troubling information, 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 workforce 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 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 scale back the mileage of its energy models to protect reliability, whereas working—if attainable—on a repair. This transfer, although it doesn’t have an effect on engine efficiency, may 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 throughout the 4 models 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 Automotive, 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 due to more energizing 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 remaining laps. The same scenario affected Lewis Hamilton, who, regardless of being quicker than his teammate within the second stint, light after the Security Automotive and was even overtaken by Nico Hulkenberg’s Stake. In brief, an entire blackout for Ferrari, which possible has its roots in technical—or extra exactly, engine-related—points on each automobiles.
This situation appears possible not solely because of gathered info but in addition due to hints dropped by workforce principal Fred Vasseur, who confirmed points with the automobiles through the post-race press convention.
“We had an issue on the automobile within the remaining stint. We had points on each automobiles, 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, possibly from the automobile behind. However that’s not the problem we had.” – the French supervisor identified on the finish of the Spanish Grand Prix.
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