India, March 17 -- Ferrari had a poor start to their F1 2025 campaign, as Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc had a difficult season-opening Australian GP. Hamilton managed to finish in 10th position, the final point place. On the other hand, Leclerc came eighth, bagging four points only.

Leclerc and Hamilton were in sixth and eighth positions respectively, when rain struck. The downpour began to hit parts of the race track, with 13 laps to go.

But instead the pair decided to keep the slick tyres longer than their rivals in the late stages. At the end of lap 44 when Oscar Piastri spun off completely, race leader Lando Norris went straight for the pit lane and changed to intermediate tyres. Max Verstappen took the lead by staying out, and th...