Charles Leclerc admitted that he is ready to face a tough end to the season with his Ferrari, as his chances of taking at least one victory look slim.
Disappointment. This single word sums up Ferrari’s 2025 Formula 1 season. At the start of the year, all the conditions seemed to be in place to aim for at least one of the two world titles. Ferrari had returned to fighting for a championship in the final race for the first time in 12 years, so everyone expected confirmation of that progress this season. Unfortunately, that confirmation never came. Changing almost the entire car philosophy at the end of a regulatory cycle turned out to be a double-edged sword.
After 18 race weekends, Ferrari has still failed to secure a victory (aside from Lewis Hamilton’s Sprint win in China). Meanwhile, its main rivals have continued to make progress, with George Russell taking victory in the most recent Singapore Grand Prix and Max Verstappen scoring double wins in Monza and Baku. And the future does not seem particularly promising.
Charles Leclerc admitted: “It will be very tough to get a win.” The Monegasque driver, observing these improvements, praised his rivals and questioned the work done at Maranello. “We have made some steps forward, but so have the others. Then Red Bull made two steps forward this season — one in the first half and then another one more recently at Monza. And now even Mercedes seems to have taken a step forward. We are the only ones who haven’t found that solution.”
Charles Leclerc also commented on the possibility of taking at least one race victory in 2025: “It’s going to be very tough. At the moment we are not strong and we are struggling a lot with the car. I would like to say I am positive about the rest of the season, but I don’t think there is anything in the car right now that shows we’ll make progress. And there are no new parts coming that could improve the situation.”
From the Monegasque’s words, the final races look set to be difficult, with an increasingly concrete possibility that Ferrari could end the season without a single victory — something that, in recent years, has sadly become less of a surprise.
