Scuderia Ferrari remains the only top team in the current Formula 1 season without a single race victory after the opening 14 Grands Prix of 2025. This result is far from matching the expectations set before the season began, and it contrasts sharply with the strong finish to the 2024 championship, when the team from Maranello fought McLaren for the Constructors’ title right down to the final corner of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The championship hopes for 2025 were effectively abandoned in the early stages of the year, particularly after the disastrous race weekend in Melbourne and the poor showing in Shanghai — the latter softened only by a victory in the Sprint race. Since then, Ferrari has spent the season chasing a McLaren team that has so far proved untouchable in race trim.
There have been signs of progress, however. The team introduced a new floor specification at the Austrian Grand Prix, followed by a redesigned rear suspension system debuting at Spa-Francorchamps. While these updates improved the SF-25, they did not deliver an immediate leap in competitiveness. In Formula 1, performance gains are often measured in fractions of a second, and even a tenth of a second per lap can make a significant difference — or none at all — depending on how much rival teams improve in the same period.
For team principal Frederic Vasseur, however, Ferrari’s mindset must be clear: the team must aim to win at least one Grand Prix from the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort onwards.
Fred Vasseur’s words
“We have to be ready for the final part of the season, during which we will be fighting for second place in the championship,” Fred Vasseur said. “Ferrari is currently 24 points ahead of Mercedes and 66 points ahead of Red Bull. We want to win a few races between now and the end of the year.”
Regarding his recently signed multi-year contract extension, Frederic Vasseur believes that continuity can only be a positive influence for the entire organisation. “I think the renewal is a good step forward in this process,” he explained. “We had a couple of discussions, and there were some rumours in the press over the last two weeks that did not help the team’s stability or morale. But now all of that is behind us.”
With the second half of the season approaching, Fred Vasseur’s challenge is clear: not only to secure Ferrari’s position as runner-up in the Constructors’ standings but also to finally put an end to a winless streak that has lasted far longer than anyone at Maranello had anticipated.
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