The Prancing Horse is limping into Baku — and the truth is uglier than fans dared to imagine. Ferrari, the crown jewel of Formula 1, has officially waved the white flag on 2025, declaring its SF25 a catastrophic failure. Instead of charging toward glory, the Scuderia is now merely showing up — a humiliating reality for a team built on legends, championships, and red-blooded dominance.
The car itself has become a symbol of despair. From its earliest laps, the SF25 revealed a fatal weakness: it simply cannot generate the aerodynamic load required to fight at the front. It is slow, unstable, and, most damning of all, unworthy of the scarlet badge. Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton — two drivers of world-class caliber — have been reduced to passengers, fighting unpredictable handling and praying the rear suspension won’t betray them on every corner exit. On a street circuit like Baku, the instability borders on dangerous.
The breaking point came just days ago. A long-promised update package — billed internally as “make or break” for the season — was scrapped entirely. Ferrari engineers privately admitted what the world suspected: the SF25 is unsalvageable. The team has quietly abandoned the car, resigning themselves to limp through the season while their rivals surge ahead.
Insiders describe a suffocating atmosphere at Maranello. Mechanics whisper of “working on a coffin,” while aerodynamicists speak of “building a car that refuses to breathe.” The SF25 has gone from Ferrari’s hopeful weapon to an albatross — a machine that exists not to win but to endure, a relic of miscalculations and internal chaos.
And yet, there is a glimmer on the horizon. Project 678 — Ferrari’s bold attempt to rewrite the script — has already begun. This is no simple upgrade; it is a radical reimagining, a complete cultural and technical revolution designed to align with the sweeping regulation changes of 2026. Engineers talk of tearing up the rulebook, scrapping conservative thinking, and embracing risk like never before. Ferrari promises that this new car will not just compete — it will resurrect.
But can it?
Time is Ferrari’s greatest enemy. Every race run with the doomed SF25 chips away at their credibility, every defeat reminding fans of faded glory. Hamilton, desperate to etch his name alongside Ferrari greats like Schumacher and Lauda, faces the nightmare of his final chapters being written in mediocrity. Leclerc, the hometown hero in red, risks wasting his prime years shackled to broken machinery.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix will not be about winning — it will be about survival, optics, and symbolism. Ferrari is fighting for its pride, its relevance, and its future. If Project 678 fails, this may not be the re𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 of Ferrari, but the burial of an empire.
The world will watch as the scarlet cars roll into Baku. Once, Ferrari defined greatness. Now, we wait to see: is this the first step in a renaissance… or the darkest proof yet that the legend of the Prancing Horse has collapsed under its own weight?
