2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[LM10]

Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) after his final day at the wheel of the SF-26 in Barcelona: "It went well again. We followed our program, we did everything we wanted to do. We also pushed a bit harder, which was nice, to get a feel for the limits of this car a little and understand it better. I'm happy because, once again, we followed our program and did everything we wanted. It was a positive shakedown."

Not positive enough, he only said he’s happy 2 times. How am I supposed to know how he feels really?

Season over.

Yeah, also I heard that Ferrari was at 110% with the PU setting (that’s a setting they specifically built in for the testing only to do some glory runs) and on completely empty fuel tank on Leclerc’s fastest run. While Mercedes did the fastest lap on 4 cylinders only, rumors say.

[sucof]

Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) after his final day at the wheel of the SF-26 in Barcelona: "It went well again. We followed our program, we did everything we wanted to do. We also pushed a bit harder, which was nice, to get a feel for the limits of this car a little and understand it better. I'm happy because, once again, we followed our program and did everything we wanted. It was a positive shakedown."

Not positive enough, he only said he’s happy 2 times. How am I supposed to know how he feels really?

Season over.

They shall just pack it up, go home, not even try to compete in 26.

[AR3-GP]

BEST PRESEASON TIME

1'16"348 by Lewis Hamilton

[wowgr8]

Very much missing telemetry and Albano's wonderful graphs at this point . Wish we knew the engine modes used

[deadhead]

Very much missing telemetry and Albano's wonderful graphs at this point . Wish we knew the engine modes used

I can assure you they were in a higher engine mode than Honda.

[AR3-GP]

I can assure you they were in a higher engine mode than Honda.

We don't know that.

[ScuderiaLeo]

Very relived that Ferrari had no issues, whether it was the drivers, car, or PU. Seems like a very positive week overall.

No shortage of laps completed for the engine this week. Aside from the Haas briefly stopping, did any of the teams using the Ferrari unit comment on it?

[AR3-GP]

Very relived that Ferrari had no issues, whether it was the drivers, car, or PU. Seems like a very positive week overall.

No shortage of laps completed for the engine this week. Aside from the Haas briefly stopping, did any of the teams using the Ferrari unit comment on it?

https://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewt ... 0#p1321000

[SoulPancake13]

For what it's worth, Dr. Obbs on twitter has repeated a couple times that his friends in the paddock on other teams believe Mercedes is a step ahead of anyone else for now. Hoping that the upgrade for the Bahrain tests is worth enough to catch up.

https://x.com/dr_obbs/status/2017296219911975079?s=20

[Fakepivot]

i don't think anyone in this topic is delusional, but lets see how sf26 evolves

[wowgr8]

https://autoracer.it/hamilton-miglior-t ... ari-buona/
Vasseur:

"Lewis and Charles have worked in total harmony, providing precise feedback that will be fundamental for development in the coming weeks... the tests in Bahrain will give us a clearer hierarchy, But we start with the awareness that we have taken the right path."

"Right path" comment is the most positive thing we've heard from anyone at Ferrari I think. Encouraging

[Macklaren]

I can assure you they were in a higher engine mode than Honda.

We don't know that.

LOL there's no need to be so defensive. the Honda engine was so performance restricted for most of the day that AMR had use the blue light behind their car. This is no reflection of the competitiveness of the Ferrari engine

[Luscion]

[dans79]

If some one pressed him to elaborate, I'd be he' say it's easier and more enjoyable because it's predictable!

[f1316]

https://autoracer.it/hamilton-miglior-t ... ari-buona/
Vasseur:

"Lewis and Charles have worked in total harmony, providing precise feedback that will be fundamental for development in the coming weeks... the tests in Bahrain will give us a clearer hierarchy, But we start with the awareness that we have taken the right path."

"Right path" comment is the most positive thing we've heard from anyone at Ferrari I think. Encouraging

Agreed, that’s good to hear. I do think these subtle indications usually turn out to mean something when you look back. I think Ferrari in particular are aware that their car here was built for reliability and not ultimate performance - the “spec A” we heard so much about - so they will wait for the update package to arrive before being too definitive. My main concern is the PU and whether they’re going to have the same power as Mercedes, but let’s hope so and that we’re at least in the hunt.