There were Formula 1 good vibes at Ferrari after Lewis Hamilton’s controlled and emphatic Sprint Race victory on Saturday in China, but the performance of the SF-25 fell away across the remainder of a weekend,

But the early returns have not been what Ferrari hoped for. Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari for the 2025 campaign injected new life into the legendary team, and Hamilton’s win in the F1 Sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix seemed to be the start of something big for the Scuderia.

Italian team head to Suzuka already 61 points adrift of McLaren after their disappointing start to the season was compounded by costly double exclusion in China; watch every session of the Japanese GP live on Sky Sports F1 from Friday,