Miami held the second sprint event of the Formula 1 season this weekend, and it seems to have provided early lifts in both Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari career and the Italian team season six weeks after the first year of the first year in China.
It may not be the whole Grand Prix of Grand Prix, but the pillars and impressive victory of seven champions in the 19th rap race of the Shanghai International Circuit seemed to be greatly seen after the second race weekend with the team started and in Australia.
Ferrari did not record the same height in the battlefield race this season, and Hamilton’s struggle on the SF-25 was especially rushed to the first Grand Prix of the year in Saudi Arabia, but Hamilton’s struggle on SF-25 was particularly prominent.
Ferrari’s problem, which has already had a significant upgrade to the fourth round in Bahrain, is that it cannot be resourceful to the failure of the campaign before the radical new regulations are introduced in the 2026 season.
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Ted Kravitz talks through the upgrade that Ferrari brought to Bahrain Grand Prix.
Either way of the Miami Grand Prix, the weekend is giving them a chance to disappear again, but the European Triple header will start six games in eight weeks and take us to the middle of the season.
Ferrari needs a desperate breakthrough, with the sixth round of the season, which is in the competition with Sprint on Friday night, starting with Miami International Auto Drom.
Ferrari is still behind, but did Saudi Arabia provide hope?
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When two vehicles were disqualified in the Chinese GP, 18 lost 18 points would have turned 11 points of Red Bull.
But the bigger concern about Scuderia is already 110 ahead of them. At the end of last season, the team scored 14 points in late games in the title of the constructor, and this time he had a desire to hit this time.
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Charles Leclerc has been sealed at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after passing George Russell.
Ferrari had many speculations about the cause of the speed during the early days of Ferrari, but in Jedda, RECLERC’s post -team coach, Frederic Vasseur, insisted that there was a “potential” that could compete with the leaders.
Vasseur said after the race, “The most important thing for us is the difference between the qualifier speed and the lace face.”
“I have a race…
“We must focus on our focus much more consistently throughout the weekend, but we think that we can accept it positively because we have moved forward at the race speed. It was very powerful and we thought it was there, but we think we should do better again.”
How about Hamilton?
As seven world champions acknowledged themselves, the results of the LeclerC were the only positive that can be taken from the Jeddah weekend, given the difficulties experienced in the SF-25 around the Fast Street Circuit.
Hamilton is already 0.531 seconds slower than the team’s colleagues who have already ranked fourth and 31 seconds in the 50 lap race.
Since then, he admits that the race describes it as “terrible” and “not entertaining” at all, and admitted, “I have no answer to explain his struggle.”
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Lewis Hamilton was discouraged after finishing seventh in the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.
“There is no solution now,” he said. “So what will happen throughout the year. It will be painful.”
Providing such a downward prognosis for the remaining 19th round of the season would have been more associated with the fact that Hamilton’s opinion was made in the immediate aftermath of the race. When disappointment and frustration were naturally high, in Saudi’s evidence, he is far from where he wants to be with a car.
“I’m worried about me (China Sprint) is now being unusual.” Sky Sports F1 Karun CHandhok on F1 show.
“Since LeclerC left him in Gyeongju, Leclerc was faster, even though the front wing broke, the trend was worried about me.
In Australia, Lewis was 0.16 in Charles, 0.30 in Japan, 0.59 in Bahrain and 0.60 for Saudi Arabia.
“For the driver we want, we are getting more and more familiar with life in Ferrari, so the gap has to be closed, but we are on the wrong way.
“In Saudi Arabia, he just looked so convenient. Looking at the data, psychologically, as a driver, ‘Where do you start?’
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KARUN CHANDHOK is concerned that Lewis Hamilton’s form is on the wrong way after 31 seconds later than Charles Leclerc in Saudi Arabia’s Ferrari team.
But despite the gap with his teammates, Vasseur said, “Honestly, I’m not too worried, if you look at what he did in China, the race in Bahrain, or the first part of this weekend session, the potential is certain.
“We are collectively and we must adjust the balance because we are struggling with the balance of his car.
“It’s a kind of negative point, but I think it’s the potential of the car, and we will try to solve it.”
Did Leclerc give a clue to Hamilton’s imbalance?
Hamilton, who is eligible for LeclerC Out, is not a surprise considering that MONEGASQUE’s strong Saturday reputation and seven world champions have been comprehensively achieved by George Russell in Mercedes last season.
Hamilton was able to regularly run Russell’s table on Sunday, but so far, he has been trailed with LeclerC 4-0 in terms of the Grand Frick Finishing.
speaking Sky Sports F1 Before the Martin Brundle Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, LeclerC took the third place in the race, explaining how it was making progress with the car before backing up the logic.
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Charles Leclerc talks about the start of the season of Martin Brundle and Ferrari.
“At the beginning of the year, I was a very open balance, very tricky in the corner, and I remember the mid -corner understore. We started looking for a solution to solve the mid -corner understore.
“It means that we must drive in a difficult car, but this is my favorite.
“In terms of balance, we think that we are at the sweet point of the car. We missed at low speed and medium speed now. High speed, we are not too bad.”
The tricky characteristics of LeclerC’s “especially” cars are not suitable for Hamilton, but can be a very long campaign for Brit if the only setting that extracts sufficient speed from SF-25 to be competitive.
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SEBASTIAN VETTEL insisted that his former rival Lewis Hamilton was sponsored to succeed in Ferrari and moved from Mercedes to adapt to a new team after moving from Mercedes.
Brundle analyzed the post -race situation in Jeddah, and Hamilton suggested that his breakthrough innovation is needed in terms of settings when the gap with Leclerc analyzes.
“We’re struggling to buy that Lewis doesn’t understand the car. It’s a new car, but we’re knocking on the door of May,” Brundle said.
“I don’t think Luis Guy did not eat this car. I don’t think he’s on the right way. What I heard in Mercedes is that Lewis likes a car in a specific way. It’s a difficult day.
“We know that Lewis is better and faster than this.
SKY SPORTS F1’s miami GP schedule
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Look back at the most dramatic moments that happened around Miami International Autodrome.
Thursday, May 1
7:00 pm: Driver Press Conference
Friday, May 2
3pm: F1 Academy Practice 1
5 pm: Miami GP practice (session starts at 5:30 pm)
7:30 pm: Team Boss Press Conference
8:15 pm: F1 Academy Practice 2
9:5 pm: Miami GP Sprint qualifier (session starts at 9:30 pm)
Saturday, May 3
3:20 pm: F1 Academy Qualification
4pm: Miami GP Sprint (race starts at 5 pm)
6:30 pm: Ted’s Sprint Notes
7:50 pm: F1 Academy Race 1
8:35 pm: Miami GP Eligible Build Up
9 pm: Miami GP qualifiers*
11 pm: TED’s qualification notebook*
Sunday, May 4th
6pm: F1 Academy Race 2
7:30 pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Miami GP Build Up*
9 pm: Miami Grand Prix*
11 pm: Check pattern flag: Miami GP reaction*
Midnight: Ted’s notes
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