F1 teams look ahead to two-part 2025 season

Feb.21 (GMM) 2025 will be the final yr of the present rules, however groups have marked a vital mid-season date of their diaries.

McLaren, on the centre of versatile wing controversies final yr, insist that the FIA’s new flexibility standards for this season will not be a “headache”.

However from the primary race, stricter flex assessments for the rear wings will apply, whereas from spherical 9 of the world championship in Barcelona in June, the entrance wings may even must adjust to a lot harsher measures.

Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur says that’s why the nostril and entrance wing on the newly-revealed 2025 automotive appears to be like similar to its predecessor.

“If the principles are altering (in Barcelona), it is smart to mix this with a improvement of the wing,” he stated.

“For me it’s not an issue – it’s good to have readability,” the Frenchman can be quoted as saying by DAZN. “We will focus on the calendar, because the rules will come into drive the week after Monaco, however ultimately I believe it’s a good measure.

“The worst state of affairs would have been to start out the season and, after two races, obtain a technical directive forcing us to alter,” Vasseur added. “That might have been way more tough to handle, however at present everyone knows what we must do.”

Fernando Alonso, driving for Aston Martin, says the Barcelona entrance wing adjustments are making him really feel extra relaxed heading into what he thinks is now a two-part 2025 season.

“I really feel that the Bahrain check and the primary races are going to be much less related than typical,” stated the Spaniard.

“Earlier than, it appeared that beginning the yr properly already assured you continuity, however in these final two years we now have seen radical enhancements at McLaren in 2023, Mercedes final yr, even Haas.

“If the crew hits the nail on the top in race 9, the season is so lengthy that there’s nonetheless rather a lot to type out by race 24,” Alonso, 43, continued. “So I’m taking it a bit extra calmly about the right way to strategy the pre-season.

“An excellent yr for us means no less than matching what we did final yr. We had been fifth within the constructors’ championship, however I don’t assume we had been the fifth quickest on the finish of the yr.”

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