11/04/2025 05:13
Ferrari has unveiled the big upgrade package for the Bahrain Grand
Prix that Lewis Hamilton hopes can turn his fortunes around.
Despite winning the Shanghai Sprint, Hamilton has largely struggled
to find a balance he is happy with aboard the Ferrari, and claimed
after the Japanese GP that a component on his car was not working
correctly. The seven-time champion added that new parts would be
delivered for the Sakhir weekend, which he hopes will cure his
struggles with rear-end instability in particular. As such,
Ferrari have delivered five big upgrades to the floor, diffuser and
rear-wing of the SF-25. New floor fences, floor body, and floor
edges have been delivered, targetting "an improvement of the losses
travelling downstream" according to Ferrari's official submission
documents. The idea is to channel more air from the floor to the
diffuser to create more rear-downforce, and combat Hamilton's
troubles with the rear instability. The diffuser has also been
redesigned to aid in this, whilst the rear-wing tweak is a new
pillar winglet to improve aerodynamic efficiency. Article
continues below. McLaren and Red Bull bring updates Elsewhere,
McLaren has deployed a new front-wing brake duct winglet to better
control the airflow and aerodynamics of its MCL39. Title rivals Red
Bull have also brought fresh upgrades for Max Verstappen and Yuki
Tsunoda, with a new longer chord flap to the front-wing to
potentially increase the load generated and work better with the
rear-wings available to the team. Red Bull and Haas have also
brought circuit specific cooling parts, with both set to run the
wider cooling louvres on their engine covers to feed more air into
the engine, thus cooling it.
