Lewis Hamilton has had a muted start to his Ferrari career in F1 2025

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc reportedly did not notice a significant difference with the Ferrari SF-25 when testing the car’s new rear-suspension upgrade.

Ferrari staged a filming day with the SF-25 at Mugello last week with Hamilton and Leclerc both behind the wheel.

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc ‘did not see much difference’ with key Ferrari upgrade

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The outing saw both drivers sample the team’s highly anticipated upgrade to the rear suspension – tipped to ‘relaunch’ Ferrari’s stuttering season – in a real-world environment for the first time.

Following the introduction of a new floor in Austria last month (below), it is hoped that the suspension tweak will finally rectify Ferrari’s persistent ride-height woes and allow the team to access more of the car’s underlying potential in the second half of the F1 2025 season.

Ferrari has struggled with the car’s ride height since the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, where it was discovered that the SF-25 was running too close to the ground.

The situation hit a nadir at the following race in China, where Hamilton was disqualified for excessive skid-block wear 24 hours after winning the sprint race in Shanghai.

Ferrari has been forced to run the car higher than intended by designers at the cost of performance in the months since, with Hamilton and Leclerc reportedly instructed to lift and coast on the longest straights to help manage the issue.

If successful, the new rear suspension will allow Ferrari to experiment with more aggressive setup choices and potentially compete for race victories as the team seeks to keep hold of second place in the Constructors’ standings.

The Scuderia currently holds a 12-point lead over Mercedes, Hamilton’s former employer, in the fight for the runner-up spot behind runaway leaders McLaren.