October 27, 2025, marks exactly one year since Ferrari last tasted grand prix victory, with Carlos Sainz's triumph at the 2024 Mexico City Grand Prix.
That victory at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez was the Scuderia's final moment of glory in what has become an extended spell of underwhelming performance.
Winless in 2025, the Italian marque's campaign has been a stark contrast to its title-challenging form of 2024, when the Maranello-based squad nearly captured the constructors' championship and finished with genuine momentum.
Instead, Ferrari finds itself trailing re-crowned champions McLaren by a staggering 357 points, and sitting third, with the papaya cars establishing complete dominance through Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri — and Ferrari left to fight for the runner-up spot with Mercedes and Red Bull.
This season evokes painful memories of Ferrari's previous struggles, particularly its completely barren 2021 season with the SF21 and its disastrous sixth-place constructors' finish in 2020.
However, the current drought remains some way short of Ferrari's second-longest winless streak — the 45-race stretch between Singapore 2019 and Bahrain 2022 — and still far from its 58-race run between Spain 1990 and Germany 1994.
Technical troubles derail championship hopes
The SF-25 has proven fundamentally flawed, with extreme sensitivity to ride-height variations creating a cascade of performance limitations throughout the season.
Ferrari's design proved exceptionally restrictive compared to McLaren and Red Bull, forcing the team into conservative setups that sacrificed crucial downforce.
Team principal Fred Vasseur acknowledged the competitive reality in September, jokingly stating his biggest frustration was "McLaren" when discussing Ferrari's struggles.
The ride-height management issues have prevented Ferrari from resolving setup compromises across different circuits, ultimately forcing an early halt to SF-25 development.
While Ferrari has managed just seven podiums — so far — compared to 22 in 2024, McLaren's dominance has exposed the gap between ambition and execution at Maranello.
Unless dramatic late-season fortunes change, Ferrari faces the prospect of its first winless season since 2021.
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