2025 Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team

[Xyz22]

SF-25 still not convincing in hands of LEC over one lap.

In any event, laptimes today should be slower as the track temp is way higher compared to yesterday.

[jambuka]

SF-25 still not convincing in hands of LEC over one lap.

In any event, laptimes today should be slower as the track temp is way higher compared to yesterday.

Not lap times, the car doesn’t look calm and planted yet

[.Bole]

Car braking is not as it should be? Could be due to new suspension?

[Xyz22]

Car braking is not as it should be? Could be due to new suspension?

I doubt it.

Track temperature and wind are increasing.

[yooogurt]

Car braking is not as it should be? Could be due to new suspension?

#Ferrari mechanics are working on the braking system of the red #Leclerc car which apparently had balance issues when braking. Replacing the pads and adjusting the discs

[Xyz22]

Testing program is quite similar to last year.
This means that Lewis will go for some quali runs with the C4 tyres and a full race sim this afternoon.

[SB15]

Testing program is quite similar to last year.
This means that Lewis will go for some quali runs with the C4 tyres and a full race sim this afternoon.

Wouldn't quali sims on the C3 be a lot more representative?

[Xyz22]

Testing program is quite similar to last year.
This means that Lewis will go for some quali runs with the C4 tyres and a full race sim this afternoon.

Wouldn't quali sims on the C3 be a lot more representative?

Of course, but i think they want to try the C4 as well.

[Seanspeed]

Testing program is quite similar to last year.
This means that Lewis will go for some quali runs with the C4 tyres and a full race sim this afternoon.

Wouldn't quali sims on the C3 be a lot more representative?

If they were prepping for Bahrain GP specifically yea. But this test is to prepare for the whole season and we saw yesterday that Ferrari did try for a low fuel C4 run with Leclerc, so I'd guess that Lewis will get an opportunity to do so as well.

[Seanspeed]

So LEC really ran the last stint on a lower engine mode.

Possible but WHY? does it really help to run a race sim on a non representative set of settings? esp. in the last year of a ruleset?

Well it wasn't the whole race sim, just the long final stint on hard tires. The common 'cruising home' stint for many GP. They'd have plenty of info, not just from this test but also from years' prior, on what kind of laptime they're losing in such a situation by running with less power.

We can speculate as to why they'd do this, but at the same time, it's not like they're gonna be losing any kind of important data from it, either. Unlike fans, these teams are not hyper focused on the specific laptimes with these tests.

[Xyz22]

Temperature is now slowly going down.

[ScuderiaLeo]

While the car didn't look perfectly balanced this morning, I guess the good news is neither did the other teams cars.

#Ferrari mechanics are working on the braking system of the red #Leclerc car which apparently had balance issues when braking. Replacing the pads and adjusting the discs

Hopefully this means the difficulties for car 16's brakes is out of the way and we won't see a repeat of last season's opener

[deadhead]

Albano reported that LECs breaking behavior was abnormal on day one and suggested to keep an eye on it because of the new suspension.

This is another take
“ This aspect is quite interesting and refers to the driving style of the Monegasque. #Ferrari still has to work on braking. Yesterday, in fact, we noticed that the performance of Leclerc on this fundamental is not shown excellent competitiveness. Usually the Monegasque stands out in braking. Without a doubt this attitude is also due to the new pull-rod suspension which, obviously, provides a very different feeling, in braking, compared to last season. Also for this is being worked on on the front of the single-seater, to try to provide the Ferrari driver with a better approach on this important aspect.”

[Fakepivot]

man, it looks rough for ham, he din't look comfortable in some fast runs

[dia6olo]

I haven't kept up with all the testing but in particular with the downforce levels, I have picked up on a few comments both on here and during the live running on Ferrari having displayed very good straight line speed.
Does any one actually have any general downforce information on the various cars? I ask because based on straight line speed I'm getting the impression that the Ferrari is maybe lacking a little bit of downforce that could completely change how it performs/looks on track?