Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has insisted there will be no more prominent changes made to the SF-25 as the team pivots attention to Formula 1′s new 2026 regulations.
The Italian marque ventured into last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix with notable intrigue hedged on the long-awaited updated rear suspension that the team debuted.
Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton tempered expectations regarding the new component, however, dismissing the notion that it would be a game-changing addition.
That materialised at Spa-Francorchamps as, despite trumping Max Verstappen to third place, Leclerc trailed 20 seconds behind Oscar Piastri’s race-winning McLaren.
Leclerc had claimed earlier in the weekend that he was operating close to the package’s potential, but Vasseur has hinted that there might be more lap time to unlock.
Vasseur pinpointed that the teams being granted a single one-hour practice session during Sprint weekends ensured that Ferrari was unable to optimise the new part.
“I think that we have to fine-tune the situation,” Vasseur told media including Motorsport Week.
“It’s never easy to introduce something on a Sprint weekend, but we didn’t want to postpone to Budapest.
“It’s true that with the format of the weekend, the fact that you don’t long stint on Friday, or doing a long stint of four laps, it’s not easy to have references and so on.
“But at the end, I think it was the right call because it’s also the best preparation for us for next week.
“We will try to put everything together a bit earlier into the weekend to be a bit more performant next week.”
Vasseur urges caution over Ferrari update
Leclerc has implied that the suspension – which is intended to allow the SF-25 to operate at a lower ride height range – will have a greater impact in low-speed corners.
Ferrari should reap the rewards more at the Hungaroring this weekend, but Vasseur has warned that the team wasn’t competitive around Spa’s slower-speed sections.
“Let’s see next week. We were not that magic on low-speed corners this weekend,” the Frenchman recognised.
“We have still some improvement to do. But I’m quite confident that all the tasks that we collected this weekend will pay off next week.”
And with a large-scale overhaul to the technical rules on the horizon, Vasseur has admitted the SF-25’s glaring limitations will remain prevalent in the remaining races.
When asked whether the Maranello-based squad had more developments scheduled in the pipeline, the Frenchman replied: “No, I think we are all in the same situation.
“The closer you will be to the end of the season, the more focus you will be on next year.
“For sure we will have to bring some small items until the end, more related to the layout of the track or the weather conditions or whatever, but no big package.”
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