October 27, 2025, marks exactly one year since Scuderia Ferrari last secured a Formula 1 victory, when Carlos Sainz triumphed at the 2024 Mexico City Grand Prix. That win at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez represented the team’s final high point before entering a prolonged period of underwhelming performance in 2025.
After a competitive 2024 campaign in which Ferrari nearly captured the constructors’ championship and carried substantial momentum into the new season, the Maranello-based team has struggled to replicate its former form. The 2025 season has so far been entirely winless, leaving Ferrari trailing the re-crowned McLaren F1 Team by an enormous 357 points in the constructors’ standings and currently occupying third place.
McLaren, powered by the impressive performances of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, has established clear dominance this year, leaving Ferrari to battle with Mercedes and Red Bull Racing for second-best honours. The contrast to 2024 is stark, highlighting the gap between ambition and execution at Maranello.
Historical context: Ferrari’s ongoing struggles
The current difficulties echo past challenging campaigns for Ferrari, recalling the team’s barren 2021 season with the SF21 and the disappointing sixth-place constructors’ finish in 2020. However, the ongoing 2025 drought still falls short of Ferrari’s second-longest winless streak, which spanned 45 races from Singapore 2019 to Bahrain 2022, and is far from the team’s 58-race winless stretch between Spain 1990 and Germany 1994.
Technical issues derail championship ambitions
The SF-25 has faced persistent technical challenges, particularly extreme sensitivity to ride-height variations that have limited performance across multiple circuits. Compared to rivals McLaren and Red Bull, Ferrari’s design has proven restrictive, forcing the team into conservative setups that compromise downforce and overall competitiveness.
Team principal Fred Vasseur acknowledged Ferrari’s difficulties in September, remarking that the team’s biggest frustration this season had been McLaren’s dominance. The ongoing ride-height management issues have prevented Ferrari from optimally developing the SF-25, leading to compromised setups and an early cessation of major car updates.
Podium count highlights performance gap
Thus far in 2025, Ferrari has achieved just seven podium finishes, a stark contrast to the 22 podiums recorded in 2024. McLaren’s dominance has exposed the disparity between Ferrari’s potential and its execution on track. Without significant improvement, Ferrari faces the very real possibility of its first winless season since 2021, underscoring the challenge of translating engineering talent into consistent race victories.
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