Ferrari believe the FIA are taking ‘extreme’ measures during race weekends as 2025 crisis worsens

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Ferrari are in crisis in 2025 as they cannot find top performance out of the SF-25, leading to discontent among many departments.

Fred Vasseur’s team came within touching distance of winning the constructors’ championship in 2024, losing to McLaren by 14 points. But in 2025, Ferrari have fallen significantly behind their rivals.

The likes of McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull have brought upgrades to their car and have reaped the benefits. Meanwhile, Ferrari focused on introducing a new rear suspension, which they hoped would radically improve their performance.

If anything, it has had the opposite effect, with Charles Leclerc referring to Ferrari as the fourth-best team. The Monegasque driver has scored all five of the team’s podiums in 2025, while Lewis Hamilton faces going podiumless for the first time in his F1 career.

Ferrari are still without a win in 2025 as tensions are boiling in several departments behind the scenes. The Maranello outfit are facing pressure to find solutions, with Hamilton sending more documents demanding changes to the operation.

Ferrari believe the FIA are taking ‘extreme’ measures against them with frequent checks during races

Ferrari’s problems with ride height are well-known. They have struggled to run the car in the right setting without being in violation of the regulations.

Leclerc and Hamilton were disqualified in China, the former for being underweight and the latter for excessive plank wear. Since then, Ferrari have tried, and failed, to mitigate the issues with ride height and extract performance.

Now, a report from Corriere della Sera states that there are ‘rumours in the paddock’ of tension between the Maranello outfit and the FIA. F1’s governing body have been conducting ‘extremely frequent inspections’ of the SF-25 during race weekends.

Subsequently, Ferrari have adopted ‘ultra-conservative approaches in all areas to avoid even the slightest overshoot’ of the regulations. This has created more problems than answers for the team, especially with track engineering.

Ferrari’s ‘main weakness’ has been extracting optimal car performance during race weekends, with many valuable technicians leaving in recent years. The report warns that ‘others will leave’ as the crisis worsens.

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Fred Vasseur’s leadership of Ferrari is being called into question

Ferrari’s lack of results in 2025 has left Vasseur feeling the pressure from those inside and outside the team. His decision-making over upgrades has been called into question.

The Frenchman was adamant that the new rear suspension would be essential to solving their problems. This upset Hamilton and Leclerc, who had been calling for aerodynamic changes.

Ferrari staff were left unimpressed with Vasseur over his decision to prioritise the rear suspension, which ultimately did not work. Vasseur refuses to demand major changes for fear of upsetting chairman John Elkann, who has been critical of the team principal in the past.

Vasseur signed a new two-year contract in Maranello earlier this year, but that may not give him security amid the team’s poor results. Ferrari are looking at Christian Horner and could force the Frenchman out to sign the former Red Bull boss.