From the tests on the Gedda circuit positive signs for the reds that in the first three GP of the World Cup have never climbed the podium, Leclerc seems to have a car capable of competing with piastri and Norris. Hamilton in difficulty
There Ferrari Back on the track for the free practice of the Saudi Arabia GPscheduled for Sunday 20 April. To Gedda Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton They go hunting for a podium so far only touched, with the exception of the sprint in China won by English. In Bahrain, the Reds showed progress in the race step and in the strategy, conquering the fourth place with Leclerc and the fifth with Hamilton, but remaining very far from MC Laren and being also overcome by Mercedes. In Gedda, however, the conditions of the track could be favorable to Ferrari, which historically in the Saudi Arabia GP has collected swinging results. Of the five great prizes courses in Saudi Arabia, Ferrari has been the absolute protagonist only once. It was 2022, when Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen gave birth to an epic duel for the final victory, in which Max was triumphing in the end The one-two of the Red, but in the second and third place, was then followed by another podium, the last, collected in Gedda. In 2024 Leclerc closed third, but at a sidereal distance from the two Red Bulls.
For the rest, In Saudi Arabia Ferrari has often dressing a supporting role, never truly competitive. This time the reds present themselves with yet another novelty, a new rear wing as well as a still different bottom after it had already been changed to Bahrain and in the first test session the feedback have been positive since Leclerc closed with the third half at only 70 cents from the surprising Gasly and 63 from the Mc Laren of Norris, but above all the Monegasque pilot preceded the other Mc Laren, In the second hour of rehearsal, the Mc Laren returned to dominate preceding Verstappen and Leclerc, today in the official tests that are worth the starting grid, further improvements are expected from the Red of Monegasco, and a ransom from Hamilton, only thirteenth and very far from the best.
