His Monegasque teammate has been slightly more impressive, with Charles Leclerc proving to be more flexible when it comes to adapting<\/a> his driving style to eke the most performance out of the SF-25.<\/p>\n Position Drivers’ Championship PointsPts 1 284 2 275 3 187 4 172 5 151 6 109 <\/p>\n Ferrari promised Hamilton a competitive car<\/a> in pre-season, and has yet to deliver on that promise to the 40-year-old as he languishes 42 points below Leclerc in the drivers\u2019 standings.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton\u2019s life outside F1 from net worth to family<\/a><\/p>\n McLaren\u2019s MCL39 has been \u2018magic\u2019 in wet-weather conditions during the 2025 F1 season<\/p>\n Speaking to The Race<\/a>, Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur<\/a> touched upon the reasons why the Woking-based racing outfit has been so much better than the Prancing Horse this season, highlighting the areas of the team\u2019s 2025 F1 challenger that have been tough to replicate in their own car.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to speak about the others,\u201d Vasseur said. \u201cI think McLaren<\/a> is champion \u2013 it has mega performance on tyre management. And in the wet, for example, they are magic. <\/p>\n \u201cBut being focused on ourselves, we lost a little bit of ground with the disqualification at the beginning. We had to take a margin. And the sensitivity of the ride height on these cars, it\u2019s huge. <\/p>\n \u201cEach millimetre is one position on the grid. So it means that if you start to have to be safe because you are not in full control, then it\u2019s impacting massively on the performance.\u201d<\/p>\n Vasseur was scared of changing one aspect of the Ferrari<\/a>, highlighting the rear suspension upgrade the team brought to the Belgian GP in July after leadership figures at the Prancing Horse were concerned about the team\u2019s recent results.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Who is Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur? Everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n Ferrari have had a battle on their hands with Lewis Hamilton to fix his issues with the SF-25<\/p>\n Ferrari engineers are adamant that Hamilton needs to change<\/a> his driving style in order to extract the best performance out of their 2025 challenger, something that Juan Pablo Montoya pointed out as being an issue. <\/p>\n The Colombian\u2019s point is that the British driver is a seven-time world champion, so the fact that his driving style has brought him success in the past means that the team should instead be trying to cater to it rather than force him to adapt.<\/p>\n Position Constructors’ Standings PointsPts 1 559 2 260 3 236 4 194 <\/p>\n The aforementioned rear suspension upgrade didn\u2019t have the intended increase in performance for Hamilton in Belgium, as Ferrari engineers also had to change the dampers<\/a> on the Briton\u2019s car for him to gel properly with it.<\/p>\n![\"Ferrari](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227982614-1024x683.jpg\")
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