From Bahrain to Bahrain. This weekend, F1 is about to come back full circle, holding the fourth Grand Prix of 2025 in Bahrain, on the identical monitor the place winter testing came about. Since then, there have been three races—on avenue circuits, quick tracks, and technical layouts. Briefly, all attainable situations have been lined: a different and helpful combine to get a transparent image of the pecking order. A unfavorable image for Ferrari which, after three race weekends, has clearly proven it’s removed from quick, nowhere close to the front-runners, nor in rivalry for poles or victories. Quite the opposite, the SF-25 fluctuates between being the third or fourth-best automobile on the grid. There’s no use beating across the bush: after the winter hype, the much-anticipated solutions from the monitor have been disappointing for the Prancing Horse, and the Japanese GP confirmed past cheap doubt that the anticipated top-level efficiency is at present out of Ferrari’s attain.
A lot work to do…
The SF-25 struggles and has proven a weak correlation between simulations and on-track efficiency. In Suzuka, as in Melbourne and Shanghai, Ferrari disillusioned as soon as once more, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton ending fourth and seventh in Mie, coping with a automobile that’s inconsistent however above all uncompetitive in numerous eventualities—considerably slower than McLaren, Crimson Bull, and Mercedes (regardless of Leclerc’s try and make up for it). And to make issues worse, it’s a automobile that’s arduous to grasp and function. That is an unacceptable scenario for a crew with championship ambitions, one Ferrari should exit as quickly as attainable—by persevering with to fine-tune the automobile (to unlock unexpressed potential) and accelerating growth to widen its working window and improve its efficiency. Updates, notably to the ground and different areas, are anticipated as quickly as subsequent weekend in Sakhir.
Fred Vasseur, between rumors and strain: Leo Turrini speaks
It is a second of nice disappointment and dismay for Ferrari, which is struggling to come back to phrases with this unexpectedly advanced image and is working to recuperate—one thing Leo Turrini commented on in his weblog “Profondo Rosso”, particularly in mild of latest statements by Ferrari crew principal Fréd Vasseur. The Frenchman admitted that Bahrain presents an opportunity to measure progress since testing, in addition to a possibility to take steps ahead in optimizing the automobile’s stability and managing each element of the weekend.
“The Sakhir occasion has, bitterly, the flavour of yet one more last examination. I gained’t dwell on the industrial-scale amount of rumors circulating behind the scenes: whether or not true or not, they’re the results of a frankly embarrassing begin to the season. Somewhat, if you know the way to learn between the traces, what’s attention-grabbing is the message despatched to the world by the nation parish priest. Fred Vasseur—no use denying it—resides by essentially the most delicate second since changing Mattia Binotto. And he is aware of it completely effectively.”
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