Overview

• Both Ferrari drivers were disqualified after the Shanghai Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc’s car underweight and Lewis Hamilton’s underfloor excessively worn.
• Vasseur says the team raised the SF-25’s ride height to add a safety margin, costing performance because “every millimetre is a position.”
• The conservative setup and renewed focus on compliance contributed to just one podium in the first seven races before form began to recover.
• Ferrari has taken four podiums in the last seven races, and Vasseur estimates the recent pace gap to McLaren at about two tenths.
• At the summer break Ferrari sits second on 260 points to McLaren’s 559, while a team video featuring 1975 footage teases a possible Monza heritage nod.