Gerhard Berger praises Ferrari SF-25 project: "Fred Vasseur will bring the team back to the top"

The 2025 Formula 1 season is fast approaching. Starting next week, we could have the first on-track feedback from the new cars with the three-day test at the Bahrain circuit. After two weeks, the first race of the year will take place in Australia. Although times are yet to be revealed, everyone is focusing on the Ferrari SF-25 of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. Will this be the year for the world championship title?

The Maranello team enters 2025 with the best driver pairing: a seven-time world champion and a talent ready to win his first. Given how they ended last season, we can only expect improvement. The gap from the constructors’ title was just 14 points.

Since the unveiling of the 677 project, right after the ceremony at the O2 Arena in London, all the innovations of the car were immediately visible. Unlike McLaren, who took the concept to extremes, Ferrari focused on addressing the parts that caused problems last season. The biggest work was done to improve the preparation for qualifying laps.

And this is how Ferrari approaches the new season. Never before have expectations been so high. However, to get confirmation, we will have to wait for the first on-track confrontation, which will take place from February 26 to 28 in the Bahrain tests. It will be the first opportunity to get answers regarding the SF-25 project.

Even before the tests, however, many are confident in the quality of the red car. One of them is Gerhard Berger, who, in an interview with Auto Motor Und Sport, made the following statements. "I can’t say if Hamilton or Leclerc will win the drivers' championship or the constructors' championship. I am sure, however, they will win at least one. This is my personal impression."

"Ferrari was very fast last year, although with some slips. I trust Fred Vasseur. They are well-positioned in terms of engine and chassis, and they have two top-level drivers. Fred makes a good impression on me: he is calm, thoughtful, always punctual." – he pointed out.

"He has always been like this in all the categories he has worked in. It was clear that it would take one or two years for his work to pay off, and I have the feeling that this moment is coming” – the former Ferrari driver concluded.