TECH WEEKLY: The key reasons behind Leclerc and Hamilton’s disqualifications – but do Ferrari have a headache with the SF-25?

Technical ContributorsMark Hughes and Giorgio Piola
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There was plenty to discuss after Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix as the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, as well as Alpine's Pierre Gasly, were all disqualified.

Two of the three exclusions from the results of the Grand Prix (for Leclerc’s Ferrari and Gasly’s Alpine) were for being 1kg beneath the 800kg minimum weight limit at the end of the race once the fuel had been drained from their cars.