2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

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Team: Scuderia Ferrari HP
Base: Maranello, Italy

Team principal: Frédéric Vasseur
Technical director(s): Loic Serra, Enrico Gualtieri.

Race drivers:
Charles LECLERC 16
Lewis HAMILTON 44

Chassis: TBD
Engine: Ferrari V6 Turbo

This thread is to discuss the 2026 Scuderia Ferrari F1 TEAM

[venkyhere]

Good luck, team.
Apart from the engine differences of course, 'how different will each car look w.r.t others, before they all converge to a similar looking design 2-3 yrs later' ?
My bet is on engine air intake and sidepods looking tremendously different from anything seen in the last two decades and each team will have their own interpretation, because they are going to be dictated by :
- just 500bhp peak power from ICE
- inwashing front floor bargeboard force-defined in the regulations ; teams are going to go hell for leather with 'innovations' towards the back half of the floor/sidepod, to 'reflect' this inwash back to outwash, so that coke bottle area is protected.

Discuss, please, it will be fun to make such 'predictions' before the cars are unveiled in Jan'26 and then we can find out how wrong we've been.

[Emag]

It's hard to imagine how cars will look like, but Ferrari is one of the teams I expect to come up with some striking designs. They don't disappoint when it comes to how they interpret new rules. Always somewhat unique in my opinion.

F1-75 was glorious. Arguably the best looking car that season with such an interesting approach with the bathtubs. I find it quite cool that the concept that all cars ended up converging to for the ground effect era, was some sort of a hybrid between the RB18 and the F1-75. Both teams got half of it right, until certain TD changes made everyone lean towards the RB concept more.
SF70H was an absolute beauty as well. By the end of that particular reg cycle, everyone copied the high sidepod philosophy.

Heck, even the F14T stood out amongst the (quite ugly tbh) 2014 rooster. The car just turned out to be horrible.

As for 2026, I expect some creative interpretation around the sidepod area. Also, if they still maintain the same overall philosophy regarding the cooling packages for the power unit, it's highly likely the car will have wide sidepods with a very thin centerline/airbox.
In terms of competitiveness, I have no idea what to expect honestly. I would personally refrain from hyping them up based on Italian media articles. They tend to overplay literally everything Ferrari does. The fact that the 2025 car was hyped so much probably adds a bit to the disappointment too. It's Ferrari though, they will almost definitely be on the sharp end of the grid. Just remains to be seen if they will be the leaders or the chasers.

[scuderiabrandon]

Good luck, team.
Apart from the engine differences of course, 'how different will each car look w.r.t others, before they all converge to a similar looking design 2-3 yrs later' ?
My bet is on engine air intake and sidepods looking tremendously different from anything seen in the last two decades and each team will have their own interpretation, because they are going to be dictated by :
- just 500bhp peak power from ICE
- inwashing front floor bargeboard force-defined in the regulations ; teams are going to go hell for leather with 'innovations' towards the back half of the floor/sidepod, to 'reflect' this inwash back to outwash, so that coke bottle area is protected.

Discuss, please, it will be fun to make such 'predictions' before the cars are unveiled in Jan'26 and then we can find out how wrong we've been.

The issue for teams are that the regulations have been drafted in such a way that it eliminates a lot of the tools we saw pre-22. The bodywork radii/single sections rules, in addition to the very constrained reference volumes, makes it much harder to have very creative solutions.

The tools they provide the teams to find performance is rather limited, especially in comparison to the legacy cars. Again, I think it will be much like '22 where the cars differ quite a bit in the macro areas, with quick convergence. Of course, a clever solution is to be expected here and there, but I would tame any expectations that the cars will be a radical departure from what we've seen during the last reg cycle. When they limit the tools what's left to work with is the physical bodywork. The goal is ultimately the similar.

[DJ Downforce]

Looking forward to a fresh new year with new cars and just a general shakeup of f1.

Let's hope that by December 2026 we are talking about the record breaking Ferrari season with a 24/24 win record (or however many races there are these days)!!

Maranello has been pretty quiet this winter, a result of Fred's patching up of leaks? Let's hope they deliver a solid car that finally allows Leclerc to excel and one that Hamilton can feel more comfortable in and get back to his best.

I'll be more active this year, see you in the threads

[brakeboosted]

Looking forward to a fresh new year with new cars and just a general shakeup of f1.

Let's hope that by December 2026 we are talking about the record breaking Ferrari season with a 24/24 win record (or however many races there are these days)!!

Maranello has been pretty quiet this winter, a result of Fred's patching up of leaks? Let's hope they deliver a solid car that finally allows Leclerc to excel and one that Hamilton can feel more comfortable in and get back to his best.

I'll be more active this year, see you in the threads

People fussing out the fact that 90% of the leaks are baseless and false. There is a single reputable source in Italy, unfortunately. You have a particular author still writing about Ferrari everyday, we've all understood nothing he says is to be taken serious.

[DJ Downforce]

Looking forward to a fresh new year with new cars and just a general shakeup of f1.

Let's hope that by December 2026 we are talking about the record breaking Ferrari season with a 24/24 win record (or however many races there are these days)!!

Maranello has been pretty quiet this winter, a result of Fred's patching up of leaks? Let's hope they deliver a solid car that finally allows Leclerc to excel and one that Hamilton can feel more comfortable in and get back to his best.

I'll be more active this year, see you in the threads

People fussing out the fact that 90% of the leaks are baseless and false. There is a single reputable source in Italy, unfortunately. You have a particular author still writing about Ferrari everyday, we've all understood nothing he says is to be taken serious.

Yes Mr Nugnes does have a reputation for talking nonsense. Best to ignore his stuff I think.

It's nice to see you here, I assume you're the same guy from Twitter. Much nicer on here....

[brakeboosted]

Looking forward to a fresh new year with new cars and just a general shakeup of f1.

Let's hope that by December 2026 we are talking about the record breaking Ferrari season with a 24/24 win record (or however many races there are these days)!!

Maranello has been pretty quiet this winter, a result of Fred's patching up of leaks? Let's hope they deliver a solid car that finally allows Leclerc to excel and one that Hamilton can feel more comfortable in and get back to his best.

I'll be more active this year, see you in the threads

People fussing out the fact that 90% of the leaks are baseless and false. There is a single reputable source in Italy, unfortunately. You have a particular author still writing about Ferrari everyday, we've all understood nothing he says is to be taken serious.

Yes Mr Nugnes does have a reputation for talking nonsense. Best to ignore his stuff I think.

It's nice to see you here, I assume you're the same guy from Twitter. Much nicer on here....

Yes, the same person however I've been on here under a different username. There was a stint over the least 2 seasons where the Ferrari threads on here got a bit out of control, perhaps I contributed to it, hence why I've been inclined to stay away. Since then, twitter has gotten exponentially worse, and I've noticed myself regress to the same levels of engagement, say and do things I'm not particularly proud of. Thought it was best to limit my time on there until pre-season testing.

[Emag]

People fussing out the fact that 90% of the leaks are baseless and false. There is a single reputable source in Italy, unfortunately. You have a particular author still writing about Ferrari everyday, we've all understood nothing he says is to be taken serious.

Yes Mr Nugnes does have a reputation for talking nonsense. Best to ignore his stuff I think.

It's nice to see you here, I assume you're the same guy from Twitter. Much nicer on here....

Yes, the same person however I've been on here under a different username. There was a stint over the least 2 seasons where the Ferrari threads on here got a bit out of control, perhaps I contributed to it, hence why I've been inclined to stay away. Since then, twitter has gotten exponentially worse, and I've noticed myself regress to the same levels of engagement, say and do things I'm not particularly proud of. Thought it was best to limit my time on there until pre-season testing.

I can attest to that. I used to be way more emotional/impulsive a couple of years ago, but its gotten a little bit better lately. Sometimes it still leaks out though

As for twitter, I deliberately dont pay for verification as I dont want to engage in any sort of debate. I feel like it’s too toxic at times, almost rage-baiting actually. Having a character limit makes it so it’s not even an option.

Lately I try to be more of an observer rather than “contributor”. I have some channels whose opinions I value and I try to limit the exposure to those only. Not worth engaging with “fangirls” or internet trolls.

It’s nicer in a way here, because there’s separate threads so in a way you can filter out the content you don’t want to engage with easier.

[DJ Downforce]

People fussing out the fact that 90% of the leaks are baseless and false. There is a single reputable source in Italy, unfortunately. You have a particular author still writing about Ferrari everyday, we've all understood nothing he says is to be taken serious.

Yes Mr Nugnes does have a reputation for talking nonsense. Best to ignore his stuff I think.

It's nice to see you here, I assume you're the same guy from Twitter. Much nicer on here....

Yes, the same person however I've been on here under a different username. There was a stint over the least 2 seasons where the Ferrari threads on here got a bit out of control, perhaps I contributed to it, hence why I've been inclined to stay away. Since then, twitter has gotten exponentially worse, and I've noticed myself regress to the same levels of engagement, say and do things I'm not particularly proud of. Thought it was best to limit my time on there until pre-season testing.

Yes Elon turned it into a bit of a hellscape... but I'm getting off topic!!!!

You (and anyone else interested) should join the discord if you use that platform, nice way to have a more casual chat about the race going on, would be great to have you! https://discord.gg/SpPjabwFe

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[Fakepivot]

for 2nd half of this f1 season, i watched f1 without any social media, even unsubed from any and all racing channel from you tube, boy was that actually better.. felt like was slowly losing IQ reading some comments or posts.. I recommend it

anyway, happy new year! hope this year is our year

[hollus]

Politics are of limits, so just in case, multiple Elon posts are deleted. Clearly off topic anyways.

[Emag]

for 2nd half of this f1 season, i watched f1 without any social media, even unsubed from any and all racing channel from you tube, boy was that actually better.. felt like was slowly losing IQ reading some comments or posts.. I recommend it

anyway, happy new year! hope this year is our year

Dear god not again

[Peter Ian Staker]

I can't remember the vibes being this bad during a Ferrari off season, which is kind of an achievement.

[mstar]

The steel engine block aspect i find very interested in. THe benefits of this could the idea be around being able to run the engine longer/harder than before? (sorry i am no expert in
this field) the weight aspect is worrying as the rumours are the biggest thing people are trying to do is reduce the weight of the cars as all are overweight.