TECH REVIEW: Ferrari's upgrades "are are definitely a step forward," claims Leclerc

Following an impressive performance from Ferrari at the Red Bull Ring, Charles Leclerc claims that the Scuderia has achieved a "step forward" with its latest development.

Although last year's Austrian Grand Prix played host to a sprint weekend, this season saw the Red Bull Ring hold a standard format. The standard schedule and the return to Europe meat that teams could easily bring new parts to their cars this weekend.

Ferrari was one of the outfits to introduce upgrades last weekend. The Scuderia revealed a heavily-upgraded floor in the pit lane at the Red Bull Ring, during the first pit stop tests of the weekend.

This marked the third time Ferrari showed off a new floor in 2025. The Scuderia made tweaks to the initial floor design at Bahrain. Since then, the Maranello-based outfit brought only subtle aerodynamic changes to the SF-25, with the most significant upgrades having been a brake duct design and a new front wing at Imola and Barcelona respectively.

The images published by FormulaPassion.it shows that there are a number of changes various parts of the floor.

The most visible change affects the floor fences. The fence profiles have been redistributed, with the outer fence having received a completely new shape.

Although it is less visible, but the floor body has gone through a complete revision. Ferrari explained that the floor body has received a reshaped boat and tunnel expansion.

At the back end of the floor, the diffuser has also been tweaked. The Scuderia noted that the area where the underfloor airflow expands the most, has been redesigned and now features a different diffuser volume.

The floor edge has also been redesigned. The front section of the floor edge wing has been re-cambered and is now shorter than the previous version.

Explaining the changes, Ferrari stated: "Not event specific, this floor package features updated front floor fences targeting an enhanced vorticity released downstream.

"The reshaped boat and tunnel expansion have been subsequently reoptimized, together with the floor edge loading and diffuser volume distribution, leading to an overall load gain across the car operating envelope."

Following a tough race last time out in Canada, Ferrari showed strong pace in qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix before Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton displayed eye-catching race pace on Sunday.

Commenting on Ferrari's significantly upgraded floor, Leclerc noted: They are definitely a step forward. Yes. And I think it helped us to be on the podium today. The team has done an incredible job at pushing to try and get them as early as possible.

"I know that they are still pushing extremely hard to have other upgrades as soon as possible, which I hope will make another difference and will help us to be a bit closer to McLaren, to Red Bull in their good days, or to Mercedes even in their good days. So, yeah, we are pushing hard, and I hope that we see the result as soon as possible."