Ferrari boss reveals Lewis Hamilton F1 car plan with key US Grand Prix announcement

Lewis Hamilton volition squad up with Charles Leclerc astatine Ferrari adjacent twelvemonth and squad main Frederic Vasseur has shed immoderate airy connected the team's preparations for the 2025 season

Ferrari volition absorption afloat connected processing Lewis Hamilton's archetypal Formula 1 car with the squad aft the upcoming United States Grand Prix.

The Italians program to bring different upgrade to their cars for the Austin race. And squad main Frederic Vasseur has confirmed that it volition beryllium their past of the existent play earlier switching absorption to their 2025 challenger.

That's contempt Ferrari inactive being successful contention for the constructors' championship. They presently beryllium 3rd successful the standings, 75 points down leaders McLaren who person cemented themselves arsenic overwhelming favourites for a archetypal teams' rubric since 1998.

But inactive the contention astatine the Circuit of the Americas volition spot Ferrari present their last updates earlier focussing connected the machines that Hamilton and Charles Leclerc volition contention with adjacent year.

Confirming the program aft the particulate settled connected past month's Singapore Grand Prix, squad main Vasseur said: "We each cognize that we already started the improvement of the adjacent car, and we effort to bash our champion to person tiny upgrades astatine the adjacent [race].

"I deliberation it volition beryllium astir apt the past 1 for everybody - that volition beryllium existent for us, but it volition beryllium existent for the different teams. Now it's truthful choky wide successful the past 4 oregon five, six races, if you person a look connected the grid, it whitethorn get choky and each azygous spot tin marque a difference."

Ferrari are not the lone ones relying connected their Austin upgrades to assistance their title charge. Red Bull person looked mislaid since the summertime interruption and squad advisor Helmut Marko has talked up the value of their past large updates of the season.

Analyst and erstwhile F1 racer Christijan Albers is not convinced, though, that they volition beryllium capable to marque a measurement large capable to crook the tide backmost against McLaren. He said: "Just bring an upgrade to summation a 2nd successful the agelong runs, oregon adjacent fractional a second? You conscionable announcement that McLaren has it each together.

"They person little upwind passageway clip astatine Red Bull, and little budget, due to the fact that Perez has had a fewer knocks present and there, and that each costs money. It's not easy. I don't judge that they volition beryllium much competitory than McLaren with upgrades.

"But I bash judge that they volition go much competitory again, due to the fact that you volition past extremity up connected circuits with medium-fast and accelerated corners. There, the Red Bull is truly a batch stronger than Ferrari and Mercedes. If they drawback up, that volition chiefly person to bash with the quality of the circuit."