2025 Pre-Season Testing

[Kyss4k]

Well McLaren has a super aggressive front suspension... maybe that's what is giving them an advantage. If there is any, we don't know yet after all.

[Aziz]

Let's not overreact, but today's race run didn't look encouraging......

[PURE PASSION]

It's more that McLarens pace look scary.
Are we for a McL dominance??
I know I know it's too early it's just when the data is against us it's heartbreaking

[paolo lalli]

Do not read to much into testing there is all sorts going on.Sand bagging comes to mind.Only ferrari HQ know the true picture of the SF 25.The year is long and it will be a year of peaks and troughs for all teams.

[Lesky]

Verstappen should be 0.5 to 1 second quicker than Lawson, so i guess Red Bull wants to have a say as well.

[subfire91]

it seems that the gap is much smaller than it looks :

https://x.com/Fred__18/status/1895181498963444197

https://x.com/brakeboosted/status/1895176909043990971

1) Ferrari much less aggressive energy deployment/ engine mode
2) Derrating on the straight being consistently 5-10 km/h slower
3) more to be found on rear end setup
4) A big ? on the fuel load

[FerrariF60]

it seems that the gap is much smaller than it looks :

https://x.com/Fred__18/status/1895181498963444197

https://x.com/brakeboosted/status/1895176909043990971

1) Ferrari much less aggressive energy deployment/ engine mode
2) Derrating on the straight being consistently 5-10 km/h slower
3) more to be found on rear end setup
4) A big ? on the fuel load

i'm NOT too worried at the moment, afterall it is testing RIGHT??

if we see a HALF a second gap to the best come Q3 in OZ, then i'm gonna be worried

but till then, lets grab the pop corn and enjoy testing where a LOT of sandbagging is happening

[Cavallino]

wow, David Croft is dumb

[Toothlessrage*]

wow, David Croft is dumb

I can't stand him

[nani_s23]

Good conditions, best day of testing. I hope Ferrari utilise the time on track.

[PURE PASSION]

Ferrari SF-25: Leclerc 16km/h faster on Turn 7 than in 2024

[patrese86]

Crofty is getting cooked by this woman on sky. He’s absolutely clueless. Anyone could do his job and sound less thick doing it.

[Aviamata]

C4 tyre is so horrible

[GoodtimesF1]

Ferrari SF-25: Leclerc 16km/h faster on Turn 7 than in 2024

Is this compared to quali lap or race pace lap?

[PURE PASSION]

IF we end up being competitive (more if we are on top) in Australia , it will be the more sandbaged testing for Ferrari for years !!!!!!
Any time we go out in track and run similar stints with others, we almost every time the slowest.
Do we have a program to run lower pace/ high fuel in every stint????
Or we have some problems to solve?

[PURE PASSION]

Compered to 2024s testing

[elnano14]

I don't know what're Ferrari doing with the long runs but once again we're very slow

Leclerc (with a very old set of C3): high 1:36s, dropped into 1:38s

Antonelli (C3: 14 laps younger than Leclerc): 1:35s - 1:36s , caught and passed Leclerc on track

Lando (fairly new C1): 1:34s - 1:35s

Max (C3: 5 laps younger than Leclerc): 1:34s - 1:35s

[paolo lalli]

Ferrari are playing there cards wisely.Show some hold some.Ferrari Hq have the answers and no body else.We just have to wait until lights out Melbourne Australia.so until then read all articles speculate analysis and throw our 20 cents of fans expertise into the mix of the SF 25.

[elnano14]

Leclerc losing 1s per lap to Antonelli on the same tyres

[PURE PASSION]

Leclerc losing 1s per lap to Antonelli on the same tyres

This is strange. Yesterday on the exact same race sim , Lec was a bit faster and even then some said that Lec was losing top speed on the straights.
That's why I say this testing is so strange for Ferrari

[FerrariF60]

IF we end up being competitive (more if we are on top) in Australia , it will be the more sandbaged testing for Ferrari for years !!!!!!
Any time we go out in track and run similar stints with others, we almost every time the slowest.
Do we have a program to run lower pace/ high fuel in every stint????
Or we have some problems to solve?

Yeah, it’s called run to a DELTA…so maybe what they’re doing….thy are so confident in their speed, they don’t need to show it off…cards close to your chest p, remember?

[PURE PASSION]

Yeah, it’s called run to a DELTA…so maybe what they’re doing….thy are so confident in their speed, they don’t need to show it off…cards close to your chest p, remember?

In theory YES i know, We haven't done it for....ever ????!!!

[elnano14]

[AMuS] Mclaren scares Ferrari and Co.

https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...f1-konkurrenz/

[Aziz]

[AMuS] Mclaren scares Ferrari and Co.

https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...f1-konkurrenz/

So another season to throw in the bin

[PURE PASSION]

The more I read /watch , the more I'm afraid that our (bad) pace is not fake!!!:(:(

[FerrariF60]

So another season to throw in the bin

yeah, you seem quite pessimistic...should we NOT wait until Q3 in Australia as well as end of the race before we can make that assumption??

[FerrariF60]

The more I read /watch , the more I'm afraid that our (bad) pace is not fake!!!:(:(

you read too much into it mate....i'm sure we're NOT that bad and that is more of a sandbag situation

[Aziz]

yeah, you seem quite pessimistic...should we NOT wait until Q3 in Australia as well as end of the race before we can make that assumption??

Well Australia won't tell us anything, if we wait to make a conclusion than we should wait at least 5 GPs, but this test has 2023 test vibes

[Aviamata]

Red Bull made a SF-23 of their own , oversteery this lap and then understeery in the next lap

[Greig]

So another season to throw in the bin