2025 Chinese Grand Prix - Practice, Sprint & Qualifying Thread

**jgonzalesm6** · 22nd March 2025, 14:50

Originally Posted by nani_s23

Car has the potential, it doesn’t have right balance. Team is unable to unlock the performance due to multiple reasons. Car set up + tyre pressure.

It’s working good till Q2, all of a sudden they loose performance in Q2 & Q3. Which mean combination of bad tyre prep lap + SF-25 does have very limited window.

This was the trend in 2024 as well where they couldn’t extract the performance on a single lap.

Yep, great quali pace but come race day, it's a different story due to a fully fueled car and tire degradation goes up.

I'll be happy with P4 & P5 IF Ferrari can keep those positions. Anything better would be a cherry on top.

**Cavallino** · 22nd March 2025, 16:09

Originally Posted by PURE PASSION

I don't have high hopes for tomorrow's race result.
Because the others in front are strong too and as Lec showed us even with better pace you can't overtake easily.
For me I want at least to be among the fastest on pure pace.
This will be a good starting point to evolve the car later .
Vasseur from the beginning had pointed out that this year was will be quite aggressive with the upgrade plan and that they choose this particular type of front suspension and general car layout, with this point of view .To be able to have large margin with updates!!!
Let's see
Quite strange first 2 races till now with lots of overturns!!!

no, it's not strange, the Ferrari let us down again for another year!!!!

because of our "pace" isn't there, Sauber will beat us like they did in Melbourne! That was our true "pace"!

**Cavallino** · 22nd March 2025, 16:11

Originally Posted by 330 p4

Season to this point I would say thats true for everyone. Russel wasnt anywhere then out of nowhere did that lap. RB cars both were right near the top at points. I think tyres are on a knife edge for all and so nearly anyone can have a great performance at any point. Reminds me of 2012 when 1st load of racesball different cars and drivers were winning. It's all tyre management and prep at the moment whoever gets a read on the tyres across different tracks and conditions will be in the driving seat.

yes

**Cavallino** · 22nd March 2025, 16:13

Originally Posted by Alfa159

People having an opinion based on qualifying are panty wetters? Using your logic you can't have an opinion until the race. 🤦*♂️🤦*♂️😂😂

yes, because they over react.

pure passion thought i was a fool when i said after Melbourne the race pace is in this car.

We saw it in the sprint today. It's there.

but no, i'm a fool, our true pace is what we saw in Melbourne, that wasn't an outlier wet street "race". that was our true "pace", the car has "problems", it's slower than Sauber

**Cavallino** · 22nd March 2025, 16:14

qualifying is still a weakness, i will say

and especially around here, dirty air will destroy your race

and if qualifying is a weakness, this season it will cost you massively with how close the cars are

**Cavallino** · 22nd March 2025, 16:20

Originally Posted by nani_s23

Car has the potential, it doesn’t have right balance. Team is unable to unlock the performance due to multiple reasons. Car set up + tyre pressure.

It’s working good till Q2, all of a sudden they loose performance in Q2 & Q3. Which mean combination of bad tyre prep lap + SF-25 does have very limited window.

This was the trend in 2024 as well where they couldn’t extract the performance on a single lap.

this would be a good post if you prefaced it with "in qualifying". Race pace is there.

**saetrvs** · 22nd March 2025, 18:11

Ferrari changed a lot more in their car from last year than McLaren, so there is still a lot more room for optimization, that's the good news.

**PURE PASSION** · 22nd March 2025, 18:39

Originally Posted by Cavallino

no, it's not strange, the Ferrari let us down again for another year!!!!

because of our "pace" isn't there, Sauber will beat us like they did in Melbourne! That was our true "pace"!

xanax !!!