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Ferrari To Attack In The Last Phase Of The 2012 Season

With four more races left this year, Ferrari insists that attacking is the only way to achieve success in the last phase of the 2012 campaign. Ferrari has taken second position from McLaren in the Constructors Championship, but their driver Fernando Alonso lost his lChampionship lead in the Drivers standings to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel last time out in South Korea.

The Italian outfit started the season in disastrous fashion, with their 2012 contender, the Ferrari F2012, being off the pace. At the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona the team made a significant leap, with Fernando Alonso finishing the race in second behind Williams' Pastor Maldonado. However, the 2012 season has seen rivals McLaren and Red Bull Racing taking turns to progress rapidly.

“As we are still in the fight for the championship, we have to continue with the development of the car,” Ferrari's Chief Designer Nikolas Tombazis said.“And because we don’t currently enjoy an advantage, either in terms of performance or as far as the points situation is concerned, we cannot defend. We must attack and adopt an aggressive approach to car development for these four races, bringing updates to every one of them to close the gap and fight for the wins and hopefully bring home the titles.”

In recent races Ferrari have struggled, having brought upgrades to each Grand Prix which did not worked as expected. While currently using the ex-Toyota wind tunnel in Germany, Ferrari is carrying out a complete overhaul of its own wind tunnel in Italy. Tombazis believes this will be key in fighting for the Constructors and the Drivers titles next year.

“We have the good fortune that the rules remain basically stable for next year, which means we can carry on developing this year’s car without compromising the 2013 one,” the Ferrari man explains. “The work we do aerodynamically for this year’s car can be beneficial for both. We can work on improving the weak points on the current car which will help for next year, although the main structural elements of the 2013 car are already fixed: chassis, gearbox, mechanical layout, suspension and crash structures, with the car already in production. However, when it comes to its aero package, there is still plenty of work to do; as soon as we have completely wrapped up 2012 and these last four races, we will be concentrating 100 percent on the next one.”

Up until now, Ferrari has won three Grand Prix races, finished ten times on the podium, claimed two pole positions and three front row starts.

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2025 F1 Championship Standings (as of July 27)

PDriverTeamPoints
1Oscar PiastriMcLaren266
2Lando NorrisMcLaren250
3Max VerstappenRed Bull185
4George RussellMercedes157
5Charles LeclercFerrari139
6Lewis HamiltonFerrari109
7Andrea AntonelliMercedes63
8Alexander AlbonWilliams54
9Nico HülkenbergKick Sauber37
10Esteban OconHaas27
11Isack HadjarRacing Bulls22
12Pierre GaslyAlpine20
13Lance StrollAston Martin20
14Fernando AlonsoAston Martin16
15Carlos SainzWilliams16
16Liam LawsonRacing Bulls16
17Yuki TsunodaRed Bull10
18Oliver BearmanHaas8
19Gabriel BortoletoKick Sauber6
20Jack DoohanAlpine0
21Franco ColapintoAlpine0
PTeamPoints
1McLaren F1 Team516
         Poles: 8       Sprint wins: 1       GP wins: 10
2Scuderia Ferrari HP248
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 1       GP wins: 0
3Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team220
         Poles: 1       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 1
4Oracle Red Bull Racing192
         Poles: 4       Sprint wins: 1       GP wins: 2
5Atlassian Williams Racing70
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
6Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber43
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
7Visa Cash App Racing Bulls41
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
8Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team36
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
9MoneyGram Haas F1 Team35
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
10BWT Alpine F1 Team20
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0

2025 MotoGP Championship Standings (as of July 20)

PRiderTeamPoints
1Marc MarquezDucati Lenovo381
2Alex MarquezGresini Racing261
3Francesco BagnaiaDucati Lenovo213
4Marco BezzecchiAprilia Racing156
5Fabio Di GiannantonioPertamina Enduro VR46142
6Franco MorbidelliPertamina Enduro VR46139
7Pedro AcostaRed Bull KTM124
8Johann ZarcoCastrol Honda LCR109
9Fabio QuartararoMonster Energy Yamaha102
10Fermin AldeguerGresini Racing97
11Maverick ViñalesKTM Tech369
12Brad BinderRed Bull KTM68
13Raul FernandezTrackhouse Racing66
14Luca MariniHonda HRC Castrol52
15Jack MillerPramac Racing52
16Ai OguraTrackhouse Racing51
17Enea BastianiniKTM Tech349
18Alex RinsMonster Energy Yamaha42
19Joan MirHonda HRC Castrol32
20Takaaki NakagamiHRC Team10
21Jorge MartinAprilia Racing9
22Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia Racing8
23Pol EspargaroKTM Tech38
24Miguel OliveiraPramac Racing6
25Augusto FernandezYamaha Factory Racing6
26Somkiat ChantraIdemitsu Honda LCR1
27Aleix EspargaroHRC Team0
PTeamPoints
1Ducati Lenovo Team594
         Poles: 8       Sprint wins: 11       GP wins: 9
2BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP358
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 1       GP wins: 1
3Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team281
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
4Red Bull KTM Factory Racing192
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
5Aprilia Racing173
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 1
6Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP144
         Poles: 4       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
7Red Bull KTM Tech3126
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
8Trackhouse MotoGP Team117
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
9Honda LCR MotoGP110
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 1
10Honda HRC Castrol84
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
11Prima Pramac Racing61
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0