{"id":491169,"date":"2025-03-19T16:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=491169"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:40:55","slug":"ferraris-australian-gp-struggles-due-to-aerodynamic-and-setup-issues","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/ferraris-australian-gp-struggles-due-to-aerodynamic-and-setup-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari\u2019s Australian GP struggles due to aerodynamic and setup Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari\u2019s performance at the Australian Grand Prix was severely impacted by a &#8220;serious problem&#8221; with the SF-25, discovered during the race weekend in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a promising start on Friday, both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton struggled in qualifying and failed to contend for the front row. The rain-affected Sunday race saw them barely remain in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>According to Motorsport Italia, the root of Ferrari\u2019s struggles lay in incorrect simulator settings, which led to the car running too low on the track. The team was forced to raise the ride height to avoid excessive plank wear and potential penalties, but in doing so, aerodynamic downforce was lost, affecting performance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A strong effort but it wasn&#8217;t meant to be. We&#8217;ll continue to work hard and go again in a week! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oMzDYAHwGl\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/oMzDYAHwGl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scuderia Ferrari HP (@ScuderiaFerrari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScuderiaFerrari\/status\/1901176477325869151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Ferrari\u2019s rear wing choice proved to be a mistake. The team opted for a medium-to-high downforce setup, but in Melbourne\u2019s conditions, it acted like a parachute, reducing efficiency. Meanwhile, rivals chose smaller and more effective rear wings, further exposing Ferrari\u2019s miscalculations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari\u2019s performance at the Australian Grand Prix was severely impacted by a &#8220;serious problem&#8221; with the SF-25, discovered during the race weekend in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":491170,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17127,17680],"news_category":[16921,16715],"gn_keywords":[23427,17743,1081],"acf":{"announce":"The team chose incorrect setup based on simulator data","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/491169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491169"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/491169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491173,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/491169\/revisions\/491173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491169"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=491169"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=491169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}