Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have each pushed the brand new Ferrari SF-25 for the primary time throughout a shakedown on the crew’s Fiorano check monitor.
The 2025 livery was revealed alongside the opposite 9 groups eventually night time’s F1 75 Reside occasion in London, however each drivers shortly returned to Maranello forward of the primary run for the brand new automobile this morning. Leclerc was first out on monitor in Italy earlier than handing over to Hamilton, as Ferrari confirmed off a refreshed design that’s meant to offer larger improvement alternative by means of the season.
A change from push rod to tug rod entrance suspension is the obvious seen change to the entrance of the automobile and is designed to extend the scope of aerodynamic improvement obtainable to the crew, after it stated it felt it reached a ceiling with final yr’s resolution.
“The SF-25 is an evolution of the SF-24, which gave us a superb place to begin to work from,” chassis technical director Loic Serra stated. “Having stated that, we have now labored laborious, altering 99% of the automobile, evolving its structure to maximise efficiency. The pull rod entrance suspension is just the obvious of many important modifications.
“We will anticipate the approaching season to be very carefully contested, with outcomes determined by thousandths of a second. We’re all set to present it our greatest shot to seek out these beneficial properties, even the marginal ones, that may make the distinction. We’re wanting ahead to being aggressive proper from the very first race.”
Though crew principal Fred Vasseur has made clear the conceptual selections had been made earlier than Serra’s arrival from Mercedes, the brand new technical chief additionally insists it’s not a threat to make substantial modifications, regardless of Ferrari scoring essentially the most factors of any crew — and Leclerc essentially the most of any driver — from the summer season break onwards final yr.
“The primary idea of the SF-25 is admittedly about discovering some area to spice up the aerodynamic improvement and the event generally. The SF-24 completed fairly sturdy, however it was changing into an increasing number of troublesome to develop and discover efficiency,” he stated. “So, we needed to kind of discover area to spice up the event fee.
“The automobile is extra of a continuity of the earlier automobile. We’ve modified many of the elements on the automobile, however the principle efficiency idea stays the identical. So, I really don’t anticipate a studying curve that’s steeper than final yr.
“Hopefully, the event fee will probably be boosted in comparison with what it was finish of final season. However I’m not anticipating essentially to function the automobile in a really totally different place.”
