Charles Leclerc seen doing something that Ferrari ‘cannot’ allow as chairman plans ‘serious’ meeting

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Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton endured yet further misery in the 2025 F1 season at the Singapore Grand Prix, which triggered alarm bells among the Ferrari hierarchy.

The Scuderia could only secure P6 with Leclerc and P8 with Hamilton, following a post-race penalty, in Sunday’s Singapore GP. George Russell of Mercedes won the race with a 45.996-second lead over Leclerc, who also finished 12.315s behind Andrea Kimi Antonelli in P5, too.

Thus, Ferrari lost serious ground to Mercedes in their fight for second in the F1 constructors’ standings at Marina Bay. The Silver Arrows increased their advantage over the pride of Italy from four to 27 points. Red Bull also trimmed their 14-point deficit to Ferrari to eight points.

Hamilton received a five-second penalty in the Singapore GP for exceeding track limits while managing a brake issue, which demoted the 40-year-old from P7 to P8. Yet it was just the tip of the iceberg for Ferrari, who are still without a Grand Prix win after 18 rounds this season.

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc had the look of ‘total resignation’ at the Singapore Grand Prix

Hamilton is also enduring arguably the worst season of his 19-year F1 career, with the Briton without a single Grand Prix podium after his first 18 rounds as a Ferrari driver. Carlos Sainz is still the most recent Grand Prix winner for Ferrari, as well, after his 2024 Mexico City GP win.

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Leclerc has further only reached five podiums during the 2025 F1 season, and none through the past five rounds. And Sky Italia even noticed that Leclerc had a face of ‘total resignation’ at the Singapore GP, which Ferrari ‘cannot’ allow as the Monegasque is the face of the team.

The 27-year-old’s misery personifies Ferrari’s hope for the current regulations cycle failing to meet expectations, having only taken 10 wins as a team since the ground-effect cars arrived in 2022. So, with new regulations coming in 2026, high-level talks are now due in Maranello.

Sky Italia adds that a ‘serious’ and ‘pragmatic’ face-to-face meeting about Ferrari’s problems is planned, with chairman John Elkann and CEO Benedetto Vigna ‘expected’ in Maranello for talks. Ferrari are desperate to recognise how they can respond to their ‘darkest moments’.

Ferrari hope the 2026 F1 regulations can solve their problems

F1 will introduce arguably its largest ever overhaul of the regulations next season, with new engine, chassis, aerodynamic and tyre rules on the horizon. Next year’s cars are expected to be more in line with the rules seen before the re-introduction of ground-effect cars in 2022.

The Scuderia pinned their hopes on the 2026 regulations early this year, despite the pride of Italy starting 2025 believing that they would contend for the drivers’ and constructors’ titles. Ferrari focusing on the 2026 rules irked Hamilton as they stopped developing their 2025 car.

Leclerc admits it “hurts” that Ferrari are “clearly” behind McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull in 2025, as well, with the Maranello squad the only one of F1’s top four teams without a Grand Prix win. Russell got Mercedes’ second win so far in 2025 in Singapore from his second pole.