Ferrari head straight from their home race at Imola to Charles Leclerc’s hometown for the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix, which Lewis Hamilton has won three times in his career.
Leclerc also got the monkey off the Monegasque’s back just 12 months ago, as the 27-year-old secured an emotional first Monaco GP victory from pole position. Ferrari took advantage of the red flag for Sergio Perez and Kevin Magnussen’s crash to make Leclerc’s only pit stop.
Perez and Magnussen crashed at the start of the 2024 Monaco GP when the former Red Bull and Haas stars tangled on the run through Beau Rivage. Yet Ferrari will not be able to repeat last year’s race-winning strategy as the 2025 Monaco GP will be a mandatory two-stop race.
Pit stops are often central to the outcome of races around Monte Carlo, and Hamilton failed to win the 2015 Monaco GP when Mercedes botched his change of tyres during a safety car period. He returned to win in 2016 and added another in 2019 to his first victory from 2008.
Ferrari will use their 2024 specification rear wing in the 2025 F1 Monaco Grand Prix
Hamilton is still yet to win or finish a Grand Prix on the podium since joining Ferrari ahead of the 2025 F1 season. But the 40-year-old will race around the streets of the Principality after his best result so far this year after Hamilton’s P4 in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.
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His result in the Scuderia’s backyard has raised the morale in Maranello before they head for Monte Carlo. Yet Corriere Della Sera reports Ferrari fear Monaco’s slow corners will highlight their flaws, so will use the high-downforce rear wing with which Leclerc won the 2024 meet.
Ferrari will run their 2024 Monaco GP rear wing on Leclerc and Hamilton’s cars for the 2025 race as adjusting the set-up of their SF-25 is not enough to control the shifts in aerodynamic balance on corner-exit. So, they feel the 2024 rear wing can be game-changing in qualifying.
Ferrari plan to fit their upgraded rear suspension on Lewis Hamilton’s car for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone
Leclerc scored pole position for the 2024 Monaco GP – his third in the Principality – after the home hero denied Oscar Piastri of McLaren by 0.154 seconds and his then-Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz by 0.248s in qualifying. He then won by 7.152s to Piastri after the early red flag.
So, Ferrari will bring the rear wing with which Leclerc won the 2024 Monaco GP back for the 2025 edition. The Scuderia went all-in with their rear wing design last year knowing that the flatter and wider high-downforce design could make the difference around the tight streets.
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But Ferrari also accept using their 2024-specification rear wing at the 2025 Monaco GP will not be a long-term fix. So, Ferrari are working on an unexpected rear suspension change to solve the major problem of the rear-end of the SF-25 becoming unpredictable in qualifying.
Corriere Della Sera even adds that Ferrari now plan to fit their upgraded rear suspension on Hamilton and Leclerc’s cars at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 4-6. The Scuderia recognise it is vital they implement a proper fix over compromises to improve in qualifying.
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