The 2025 Ferrari SF-25 Formulation 1 automobile has taken to a observe for the primary time at Fiorano on Wednesday morning with Charles Leclerc behind the wheel.
The Scuderia unveiled its new automobile on Tuesday night following the F1 75 launch occasion at London’s O2.
Initially revealing its 2025 livery on stage on the occasion on a present automobile – as all 10 groups did – Ferrari then revealed pictures of its new challenger.
On Wednesday morning at Ferrari’s Fiorano check observe, Leclerc has already been noticed placing the automobile by way of its preliminary paces as a part of a pre-season shakedown.
Each Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will drive the automobile on Wednesday, earlier than talking to the media later this afternoon having not held a press convention on Tuesday on the O2.
As per F1’s shakedown testing guidelines for 2025, groups are permitted to hold out 200km of operating with new automobiles previous to pre-season testing, which takes place subsequent week in Bahrain.
Ferrari SF-25 breaks cowl
Ferrari comes into the brand new marketing campaign having narrowly missed out on the constructors’ championship to McLaren final season.
The staff managed 5 wins between Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, with the previous simply 18 factors adrift of 2025 title favorite and 2024 runner-up Lando Norris in third within the standings.
Ferrari dropped a driver market bombshell previous to the 2024 season when it introduced it had signed seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton for 2025.
Hamilton did have a multi-year cope with Mercedes in his pocket earlier than electing to half with the Silver Arrows, with whom he received six of his seven world titles – whereas his 2008 crown with McLaren was additionally Mercedes-powered – to affix Ferrari.
After back-to-back winless campaigns in tough Mercedes equipment in 2022 and 2023, Hamilton lastly ended his drought final yr with a brace of grands prix victories.
He ended the yr seventh within the standings – his lowest placement ever within the F1 championship.
