Leclerc 'still exploring' what to do with the SF-25 but 'really likes' his current setup direction

It has not been an easy start to the 2025 season for the 27-year-old and Ferrari, with severe struggles with this year's car meaning the Scuderia sit P4 in the constructors' championship on 94 points, a huge 152 points away from leaders McLaren after just six races.

Leclerc has brought in 53 of those points, putting him P5 in the championship with just one podium in the six Grands Prix that have opened up the 2025 campaign.

The Monegasque driver also admitted that he has been forced to change his driving style for this season just to try and facilitate the troublesome SF-25, having to use extreme setups in the process.

In the paddock at the Miami Grand Prix, Leclerc spoke out about those extreme setups that he has been using to try and extract as much pace as possible from his 2025 machine.

"I'm not obviously going to go too much into details, but it's just made the car a little bit trickier, very, very pointy, and that's quite tricky to drive, especially when you are on the limit in qualifying," the 27-year-old explained to several media sources, including GPblog.

"But that is something that I've always liked in my career. But it takes a few races in order to readapt everything around the car, in order to go in that direction, which is the process that we are going through at the moment, which in the last races has been paying off," continued Leclerc.

However, the changes that have brought a bit more success to certain races may not continue at other tracks as another triple header is on the horizon in the F1 calendar, kicking off with the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the iconic Imola circuit.

"But we are still exploring in that direction and still pushing into that direction, because, for now, we are only seeing benefits, at least on my side. I really like that direction," concluded an optimistic Leclerc.