Greater than a 3rd of the 2025 System 1 season is now behind us, and the present championship is getting into an important part—necessary not just for this yr’s outcomes but in addition for what lies forward. A transparent instance is Ferrari, a workforce dealing with 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, comparable to Austria and Britain, can be decisive in shaping the Italian workforce’s course. 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 extra concern alongside the dearth of pace. This suspension is aimed toward resolving a part of the automotive’s weaknesses by unlocking the bundle’s potential, which at present can’t emerge resulting from mechanical limitations brought on by the present suspension structure.
Extra issues?
As beforehand reported completely throughout 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 clients 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 workforce 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 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 scale 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, may end in 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 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 because of more energizing tyres—the Monegasque by no means managed to drag away from the vehicles behind and crossed the road in a good pack after his tempo collapsed within the remaining laps. An analogous 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 doubtless has its roots in technical—or extra exactly, engine-related—points on each vehicles.
This situation appears possible not solely resulting from gathered info but in addition due to hints dropped by workforce principal Fred Vasseur, who confirmed points with the vehicles throughout 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 mentioned 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 problem we had.” – the French supervisor identified on the finish of the Spanish Grand Prix.
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