Ferrari are still trying to extract the most performance from their 2025 F1 car after making a sig✤nificanღt change to the front suspension.

Ferrari have adopted a front pull rod suspension f🔯or the SF-25, moving 💃away from the push rod in recent years.

This major change, led by new recruit Loic Serra, is likely 💯to have greater potential in terms of development and thus laptim🌸e.

However, after three days 🥂of pre𒊎-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, Ferrari has yet to maximise its new design choice.

According to , while ther༺e are “unquestionable advantages” with the front pull rod suspension, which McLaren and Red Bull 🍸also use, Ferrari still need to fine-tune it at a “mechanical level”.

It is thought that🐈 Serra, who was signed from Mercedes🎃, is a specialist in suspension design.

Ferrari explained the reason for the𒀰 change in a press release during their car launch, stating: “The thinking behind this change in architecture was to clean up the airflow around the car, while a꧑lso giving greater scope for further aero development, which had pretty much been exhausted with the previous iteration”.

On the third day of testing in Bahrain, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc cited some “balance” issues with the SF-25.

Ferrari😼 struggled to keep up with McLaren over a race stint in 🥂Bahrain.

Leclerc♔ traile💎d Lando Norris by around 0.5s across a race simulation on day two.

Work to do ahead of Australia for Ferrari

Testing was far from perfect ✅for Ferrari, behind McLaren and Mercedes on race pace.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli matched Leclerc across his race run in Bahrain, and given the Italian🐈’s lack of experience, it’s likely George Russell would have been faster had he been driving.

Lewis Hamilton was unable to complete a race r𒈔un at the end of day three after Ferrari ended his test early due to an “anomaly” in the data. 

As noted by the same report, Ferrari was running less downforce than McLaren during the t☂est, evidenced by thei🗹r medium-load rear wing.

Perhaps this impacted Ferrari’s ty🌳re wear - a strength ꦚof theirs - during the 2024 campaign.

The balance of the 💜car also shifted throughout the test.

With less d🌼ownforce on the rear, there was initially a more oversteer balance, which Leclerc likes.

However, this turned into understeer as the test progressed - something Ferrari will have to get on top🙈 of for Australia.

With the unusually cool track temp꧋eratures and abrasive tarmac, Australia will likely be a differe🌜nt story for F1’s top four teams.