Ferrari has passed to the attack. The bad start of 2025, where they went from being the great alternative to McLaren’s domain to suffer too much and live frightening situations such as the double disqualification of China, forces them to do so. And it will be clear from the Bahrain International Circuit, where they announced improvements in their SF-25. It is, as it had been neighboring, a new floor that will seek to live up to Sakhir. It will contribute, theoretically, a greater balance and an adjustment in the ‘set-up’ that helps its two stars, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.
Ferrari Driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain Steers His Car During The Chinese Formula One Grand Prix Race at The Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
No one hid it in the bosom of the Scuderia: there is an improvement and they have hopes. “We have something new and I hope it helps us. We want it to reduce the difference with others and we can improve,” said Charles Leclerc, who is beating Hamilton, although the British first hit his good ‘part’ of the Sprint in China. He made the ‘mini-pole’ and dominated the race. But there was no more trace of that management and rhythm lesson, and Ferrari suffers with its pilots located in the sixth (Leclerc, with 18 points) and eighth (Hamilton, with 15) in the World Cup table.
We have something new and I hope it helps us. We want it to reduce the difference with others and we can improve
Charles Leclerc
In addition, Hamilton declaration was added after being 7th in Japan. At least, heptacampeón was able to advance Isack Hadjar on the track. But it made it clear that it wasn’t right. “There has been a small deficit between the two cars. For my part, it is something below performance and it is good to know,” he explained in Suzuka. Now he is calmer, with a new look and tranquility as a norm. “We have an improvement and it is something that excites me. It should give us greater aerodynamic load and we can have a performance improvement with rhythm,” he said. It also adds that Bahrain knows with the Ferrari and the test can give it a clear benefit.
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We have an improvement and it is something that excites me
Lewis Hamilton
But it seems that the SF-25 knows its place. “The last race tells us, more or less, where we are. I hope we have something else to close that gap,” Leclerc explained. Who summarized the regret of the Italians. “Our expectations were high seeing where we ended the last year and it was from what we wanted to build. That is why we are now disappointed with such a start,” added the Monegasque.
From the free, where the young Dino Beganovic will be testing in the first, it will begin to be understood if the SF-25 is up to it. “The car will be better, the team is working hard,” Hamilton closed. He expects Bahrain’s changes to provide the necessary air to face the challenge with guarantees.