Ferrari 'just not fast enough' admits Charles Leclerc after Bahrain podium miss

Vasseur thinks there was more to achieve without the safety car interruption

On the back of Ferrari's best race result so far in 2025, the Scuderia's team boss Fred Vasseur suggested that there was more to achieve at the Bahrain Grand Prix, but the mid-race safety car intervention deprived the Maranello-based squad of maximizing their offset strategy.

Ferrari’s Slow Dance Continues as Leclerc's Podium Drift Away

Oscar Piastri stormed to pole in Bahrain with a blistering final lap, edging out George Russell’s Mercedes and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in a nail-biting qualifying showdown. McLaren, dominant in the earlier Q1 and Q2 sessions, faced real pressure in Q3—but Piastri delivered when it counted, clocking a 1:29.841 to secure the top spot. Russell came close, but fell a couple of tenths short, while Leclerc, despite a strong showing, had to settle fo…

During an interview on Canal + in the run-up to the Bahrain Grand Prix, the Monegasque driver confirmed his presence on the Var circuit.

At Charles Leclerc a lot came together in the Formula 1 race in Bahrain: he lost start position 2, the strategy didn't work out. But above all, the speed was missing in his car. Monegasse hopes that Jeddah will get better.

Ferrari scored the best result in the season at the Formula 1 race in Bahrain - a podium still remains out. Charles Leclerc unscathed, Lewis Hamilton unscathed hope.

Has the safety car prevented a better result from Ferrari? Ferrari was the only team in Bahrain to have put on an alternative strategy in the lead group. In contrast to the competition ahead, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton did not start with the soft tires, but with the mediums.