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By Saajan Jogia
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The Scuderia Ferrari F1 team has unveiled a stunning celebratory livery on its SF-25 F1 car for this weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The race overalls of both drivers, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, have also been modified to suit the occasion.
Ferrari is celebrating the 50th anniversary of former driver Niki Lauda's championship-winning season. The F1 legend's achievement marked the beginning of the team's successful era when he won the championship in 1975 in the iconic 312T F1 car.
The Maranello-based outfit released the livery on social media, featuring a predominantly red theme, with a striking white engine cover. What stands out particularly is the gold design on the wheel, offering a fresh look from the conventional black F1 wheels.
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Leclerc and Hamilton are to go for a similar white and red look, with blue highlights for the race weekend, as seen in another post by the team.
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Ferrari has been facing a challenging 2025 season, and a championship-winning livery could attract some much-needed luck. The previous Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort was a disastrous weekend for the team, as both Hamilton and Leclerc suffered DNFs.
The seven-time world champion oversteered on Lap 23 at Turn 3 at the point where the banking levels out. Hamilton attempted to correct the oversteer but crashed into the barrier, severely damaging the front right section of his SF-25. Speaking about the incident after the race, Hamilton said:
"I'm really not sure. I will have to look back at it. As I went up the bank, the rear snapped out and I couldn't recover."
He added:
"It was a bit twitchy, the car. I think we made real progress this weekend. My pace was looking pretty decent. I was catching George [Russell] and I think I had the pace of a few cars ahead of me.
"Very unusual to not finish a race and to go out so early, it's definitely not great, but it is what it is."
Leclerc, meanwhile, was knocked out of the race by Mercedes rookie driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli on Lap 53 of 72 at Turn 3, the same corner where Hamilton crashed out. Addressing the incident, the Monegasque driver said:
"I don't think this should be the story of the day. The strategy, we can discuss about it and I just let the team know, but that's not what created the incident. What created the incident is Kimi being overly optimistic on the inside of Turn 3, which is fine – you've got to be aggressive and mistakes happen.
"But it hurts, because it cost a lot to the team after what was a good race. I think the pace was good. I had to be very aggressive to make up the places that we had lost because of being unlucky during the first Safety Car. We did kind of everything right, so it was a shame."
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