FERRARI STATEMENT ON DSQs
“Following the FIA post-race scrutineering both our cars were found not to conform to the regulations for different reasons.
“Car 16 was found to be underweight by 1 kg and car 44’s rearward skid wear was found to be 0.5mm below the limit.
“Charles was on a one-stop strategy today and this meant his tyre wear was very high, causing the car to be underweight.
“With regard to Lewis’ skid wear, we misjudged the consumption by a small margin.
“There was no intention to gain any advantage. We will learn from what happened today and make sure we don’t make the same mistakes again.
“Clearly it’s not the way we wanted to end our Chinese GP weekend, neither for ourselves, nor for our fans whose support for us is unwavering.”
Kieran Jackson23 March 2025 13:14
F1 driver standings after the three DSQs
1. Lando Norris – 44 points
2. Max Verstappen – 36 points
3. George Russell – 35 points
4. Oscar Piastri – 34 points
5. Kimi Antonelli – 22 points
6. Alex Albon – 16 points
7. Esteban Ocon – 10 points
8. Lance Stroll – 10 points
9. Lewis Hamilton – 9 points
10. Charles Leclerc – 8 points
11. Nico Hulkenberg – 6 points
12. Yuki Tsunoda – 3 points
13. Ollie Bearman – 1 point
14. Carlos Sainz – 1 point
15. Pierre Gasly – 0 points
16. Isack Hadjar – 0 points
17. Jack Doohan – 0 points
18. Gabriel Bortoleto – 0 points
19. Yuki Tsunoda – 0 points
20. Fernando Alonso – 0 points
Kieran Jackson23 March 2025 18:00
Charles Leclerc, speaking prior to DSQ:
On lap 1 clash with Hamilton: “Honestly, it’s not Lewis’s fault at all – I was around the inside trying to position the car for turn 3, Lewis didn’t know I was there – I didn’t think Lewis would come back to the apex.
“It’s a racing incident, it’s not the first or last time it will happen. Shame it happened between the two red cars.
“We didn’t want to take the eight seconds to change the wing, didn’t want to take that risk. I wanted to maximise the result, I think we did well.”
Kieran Jackson23 March 2025 16:30
VIDEO: Liam Lawson reacts after another tough weekend for Red Bull
Kieran Jackson23 March 2025 15:50
COMMENT: Lewis Hamilton’s shock disqualification tells us one thing: Ferrari have hit rock bottom
Twenty-four hours is a long time in Formula One. Just on Saturday, Lewis Hamilton was riding high, optimism radiating, after his first taste of victory in the famous Ferrari red, albeit in the shorter sprint format.
By Sunday night, long after dusk fell in Shanghai, the Briton and his beleaguered team had hit rock bottom.
Kieran Jackson23 March 2025 14:53
Ollie Bearman after finishing 8th:
“Super happy, we did a great job – good execution on everything. I wasn’t expecting to do a one-stop, but the tyres lasted much better and we did a great job with setup changes. The car was so good today.
“This track suits what we have, on paper it’s good for our car. Very smooth, not many bumps, it is partly due to the track.”
Kieran Jackson23 March 2025 14:15
Liam Lawson, after finishing 12th:
“ We tried to do something aggressive today, that’s why we started from the pit-lane. We learned something but it just didn’t work today.
On being under pressure already at Red Bull: “We’re in the season, two races in, racing. You’d love to have 60 test days and I know a lot of the other guys tested a lot, it’s not something we did. It’s one of those things, it’s not an excuse, something I have to get on top of as quickly as I can.”
Kieran Jackson23 March 2025 13:30
