Ted Kravitz believes that Ferrari’s upgrades will not be enough to help Lewis Hamilton onto the podium at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion is still looking for his first top-three finish on a Sunday in 2025. Hamilton already has a sprint race victory and an additional sprint podium to his name this season, but on Sundays, the legendary Brit has been unable to match team-mate Charles Leclerc’s results.
The Monegasque racer has scored the team’s only Grand Prix podium of the season so far, and sits 12 points ahead of Hamilton in the standings. Ferrari have introduced some upgrades to the SF-25 for the Emilia Romagna GP in an attempt to bring their car’s performance closer to rivals McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull. The Prancing Horse are currently 152 points behind Zak Brown’s squad at the top of the Constructors’ Championship standings.
Unfortunately for Hamilton and Leclerc, these upgrades are unlikely to make a significant impact, according to Sky Sports F1 reporter Kravitz. “Down here at Ferrari, we have to talk about them because they’re still looking to fix this car,” he explained ahead of FP1.
“They’ve brought three small, but they hope significant, changes to their car this weekend. The first two are around the rear wing. It’s a new rear wing and a new beam wing. It’s slightly higher downforce, but they’re also hoping that there’s some downforce from these very complicated revised winglets.
“If I’m honest, I was expecting maybe a bit more. Of course, Ferrari did bring a new floor a couple of races ago. They’ll be hoping that package, together with the new rear wing, the beam wing and those little winglets will help them move up the grid this weekend. Will those upgrades be enough to put Ferrari on the podium here? I don’t think so.”
This means that Hamilton will likely have to wait at least one more weekend to celebrate his first Grand Prix podium with his new squad. The 40-year-old has climbed onto the rostrum over 200 times during his glittering F1 career, but is craving that experience with Ferrari.
“I’m hoping we’re able to extract more from the car, and that’s what we’ve been working towards this past two weeks,” he explained. “To get a good result, to get finally on the podium for Ferrari, that would be a first for me.
“To look down and see the team, who for my whole career I’ve always watched… whether I’m on the podium or from the side watching on TV, you can see the passion and how much it means to not only the people in the team, but also to the Tifosi… that’s what I dream about, what I’m working towards.”
