Ferrari released a statement explaining the reason behind the disqualification of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc from the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, Afrosport reports.
Hamilton and Leclerc initially finished sixth and fifth respectively however their cars were found to be in breach of the technical regulations relating to rearward skid and being underweight. Alpine’s Pierre Gasly was also disqualified for his car being underweight.
Reacting to disqualification, Ferrari stated: “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 1kg and car 44’s rearward skid wear was found to be 0.5mm below the limit.
“Charles [Leclerc] 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.”
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— Scuderia Ferrari HP (@ScuderiaFerrari) March 23, 2025
The double disqualification in Shanghai cost Leclerc 10 points and Hamilton eight points after claiming an earlier eight points for winning Saturday’s sprint race.
Ferrari meanwhile lost 18 points in the constructors’ championship and are now 61 points behind Mclaren and 40 points behind Mercedes.
