How Monza Brought Out Ferrari's Fundamental Limitations with Its 2025 F1 Car
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F1, Ferrari: why Monza highlighted the fundamental limits of the SF-25
In the legendary Temple of Speed at Monza, pure straight-line speed on its own was simply not enough for Ferrari. During a weekend that the Italian team had hoped would finally bring a long-awaited moment of redemption, the engineers and strategists in Maranello decided to gamble heavily on a low-drag and extreme aerodynamic configuration. However, this bold setup choice ended up exposing once again the chronic lack of downforce that has limited…
Monza’s 1.91-Second Miracle, McLaren’s 5.87-Second Mess
Monza served a pit stop so quick it could steal your fries, then another so slow you could finish them—and that’s when the team radio turned into spicy opera. One orange rocket launched, the other tripped on its laces, and somewhere in the mirrors a certain blue car smirked. Curious who had to swap back, why the pit wall needed a group hug, and how a comfy points cushion started to feel lumpy? Dive in for the chaos, the chess, and the clock that…

How Monza brought out Ferrari's fundamental limitations with its 2025 F1 car
At its home race, Ferrari relied heavily on an extreme, unloaded configuration, but this brought to light the lack of downforce that did not allow it to hold its own against Red Bull and McLaren
Ferrari may have had to ask Charles Leclerc not to stay close to Oscar Piastri at the beginning of the race, because the overheating on his tires cost the Monegasque a lot. The director of the Scuderia explains why this had consequences for the rest of the race. "It is very difficult to imagine what the race would have been without it," declared Vasseur. "It is true that in the fight of the beginning of the race, we were not, strangely, because …
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