By Alan Baldwin

DOHA (Reuters) -Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur said on Friday he had maybe underestimated the psychological effect on the team of an early halt to development of their 2025 Formula One car.

Ferrari are the only top four team yet to win this season and both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, a seven-times world champion, have openly expressed their frustration.

Hamilton has not stood on the podium since he joined from Mercedes in January and has called the season the worst of his career.

On Friday the Briton qualified 18th for the sprint race, after lining up last in Las Vegas the previous weekend.

“Quite early in the season, McLaren was so dominating in the first four or five events that we realised it would be very difficult for 2025,” Vasseur told reporters before sprint

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