McLaren believes that the better speed of Ferrari during the British Grand Prix weekend can make the rest of the 2025 Formula 1 season more interesting “, identifying the Italian organization as a reliable threat.
After a major upgrade initiated in Austria, last weekend, Ferrari A clear step forward in silverstone and emerged as the closest rival of McLaren in Friday practice.
Lewis Hamilton And Charles Lakeler Even Q2 is at the top of the revision, but eventually Q3 has merit only fifth and sixth after a difficult final section.
While the final result of Ferrari in merit was more corresponding to the previous race, McLaren The team’s principal Andrea Stella said the overall performance of Skederia in the weekend shows that its latest updates are in accordance with the intention.
He believes that it can complicate McLaren’s title run-in as it takes both the championships to the second part of the season.
Stela said after qualifying, “Given the lap time that Ferrari is capable of pulling in every session, Ferrari seemed to be the strongest team – maybe they are still the strongest team.”
“Gaps are very small and maximum [Verstappen] Apart from this, after a few minutes, the Q3 went out for the last lap … and there may be a slight air variation here and there can affect one tenth.
“So, everything is very tight, it is difficult to say which was the strongest team, but Ferrari definitely looked like the most competitive.
“Even if we look at Q2, I think they were quite confident at that time, so it looks like upgrade that they have taken in Austria, they work very well, which not only makes the silverstone grand pricks interesting because the situation is interesting to the grid, but also for the rest of the championship.”
There is a chance of rain during the Sunday race in Silverstone, which can move the order more, especially the teams have not run any pre -wet conditions so far this week.
Stela admitted that it is difficult to predict a clear winner regardless of the circumstances, but in particular the practice was killed at a long -lasting speed of Ferrari.
“In terms of dry conditions, it is very difficult to say who is the best team,” he said. “During the lap, those who were able to produce in Ferrari behavior were quite impressive. Over time they used to do in high fuels that we were not in a position to repeat.
“So definitely we thought they were favorite for the race and even for qualifying.
“But we ended after seeing that the situation is very tight. So I don’t think [Russell],
“We have to see if [Verstappen’s] Lap in merit was united because in Q3 till that point, it seemed that they were not competitive like others for the top positions of the grid.
“Weather is a factor. If there is weather, as we have seen last year, it can be quite entertaining because I do not expect it to be strong, frequent rain.
“if there is [rain]This will probably be more as the previous year, which will be with various situations throughout the race and will definitely be another reason for an event and entertaining British Grand Prix. ,
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