The Ferrari SF-25 is currently not a “great upgrade” on the “problematic” Mercedes car driven by Lewis Hamilton last season.  That is the claim of former F1 technical director Gary Anderson, who says the 2025 Ferrari was not “driver friendly” at the recent pre-season test in Bahrain.

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Lewis Hamilton was fifth-fastest in his first session of preseason testing with Ferrari as his replacement at Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, posted the fastest time. The 18-year-old Italian rookie topped the standings among the 10 drivers on track in Wednesday's morning session,

Lewis Hamilton has revealed he had accepted never driving for Ferrari when he signed his last Mercedes contract almost two years

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Former Mercedes motorsport boss Norbert Haug says it is “very sad” to see Lewis Hamilton in Ferrari red ahead of the F1 2025 season. And he believes Hamilton and Mercedes suffered “a demolition” after the 2021 World Championship was “stolen” from the British driver at that year’s Abu Dhabi decider.

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