Ferrari are still trying to extract the most performance from their 2025 F1 car after making a significaꦑnt change to the front suspension.

Ferrari havﷺe adopted a front pull rod suspension for the SF-25, moving away from the push rod in 💜recent years.

This major change, led by new recruit Loic Serra, is likely to have gre🐼ater potential in terms of development and thus laptime.

However, after three days of pre-season testing at the B♋ahrain International Circuit, Ferrari has yet to maximise its new design choice.

According to , while there are “unquestionable advantages” with the front pull rod suspension, which McLaren and Red Bull also use, Ferrari still need to fine-tune it at a “mechanical level🐎”.

It is thought that Serra💎,🌠 who was signed from Mercedes, is a specialist in suspension design.

Ferrari explained the reason for the change in a press release during their car launch, stati🍸ng: “The thinking behind this change in architecture was to clean up the airflow around the car, while also giving greater scope for further aero development, which hꦉad pretty much been exhausted with the previous iteration”.

On the third day of testing in Bahrain, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc cited some “balance” issues with the SF-25.

Ferrari struggled to keep up with McLa𝔉ren over a race stint in Bahrain.

Leclerc trailed Lando 🎀𒁃Norris by around 0.5s across a race simulation on day two.

Work to do ahead of Australia for Ferrari

Testin🎉g was far from perfect for Ferrari, ꦺbehind McLaren and Mercedes on race pace.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli matched Leclerc across his race run in Bahrain, and given th✱e Italian’s lack of experience, it’s likely George Russell would have been faster had he been driving.

Lewis Hamilton was u⛎nable to complete a race run at the end of day three after Ferrari ended his test early due to an “anomaly” in the data. 🌱;

As noted by the same report, Ferrari was running less downforce than McLareౠn during the test, evidenced by their medium-load rear wing.

Perhaps thi🉐s impacted Ferrari’s tyre wear - a strength of theirs - during the 2024 campai🅠gn.

The balance 🐈of the car also shifted throughout the test.

With le🅺ss downforce on the 𓆉rear, there was initially a more oversteer balance, which Leclerc likes.

However, this turned into understeer as the test progressed - something Ferra🍸ri will have to ge🀅t on top of for Australia.

With the unusually cool track temperatures and abrasive ta♔rmac, Australia will likely be a different story for F1’s top four teams.