2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

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• - The team now seems united and cohesive:

• - In April, if the results aren't there, we'll start to learn the first names of the replacements. The pressure in Maranello has never been so intense.

these two are conflicting with each other

That was my immediate takeaway as well. Pressure and jobs on the line doesn't breed cohesion

[AR3-GP]

Autoracer spinning things? No, never...

[dialtone]

The team is united under an hydraulic press, trying to keep it up.

We’ll see the results of that.

Jokes aside, the team can be working better together but leadership is still pressing.

[ryaan2904]

There is so much talk of 'not running full potential' , 'conservative engine mode' , 'fake aero bits' etc in all team threads. The fact of the matter is, teams try to do 'as much as possible' by bringing 'as many parts as possible' for shakedown/testing events in such a 'fully revamped formula'. They want to know not just about what they have, but mostly to form a crude idea about what 'development path' to take over the next few seasons, when they sweep through different PU modes, different cooling settings, different tyre pressures, different ride heights etc etc. Hence every hour of the 9 days of 'test time' is super important. The focus has to be more (more than ever before) on themselves than 'fooling others'.

Turn up the engine to 11, run with low(high) fuel load to sim quali(race), test the limits of the car and still produce a 'sandbagged laptime' so as to not show their hand fully (if you have been watching the FP2/FP3 sessions by Mclaren & Verstappen over the past 2 years (most recent example), you will know how they do it).

I only watched races and some quali highlights last year because Ferrari were so bad. How do you think McLaren & Verstappen produce a sandbagged laptime with max settings?

[miket]

By not pushing in all sectors on a single lap

[venkyhere]

There is so much talk of 'not running full potential' , 'conservative engine mode' , 'fake aero bits' etc in all team threads. The fact of the matter is, teams try to do 'as much as possible' by bringing 'as many parts as possible' for shakedown/testing events in such a 'fully revamped formula'. They want to know not just about what they have, but mostly to form a crude idea about what 'development path' to take over the next few seasons, when they sweep through different PU modes, different cooling settings, different tyre pressures, different ride heights etc etc. Hence every hour of the 9 days of 'test time' is super important. The focus has to be more (more than ever before) on themselves than 'fooling others'.

Turn up the engine to 11, run with low(high) fuel load to sim quali(race), test the limits of the car and still produce a 'sandbagged laptime' so as to not show their hand fully (if you have been watching the FP2/FP3 sessions by Mclaren & Verstappen over the past 2 years (most recent example), you will know how they do it).

I only watched races and some quali highlights last year because Ferrari were so bad. How do you think McLaren & Verstappen produce a sandbagged laptime with max settings?

by pushing in selective mini-sectors and ease off in other mini-sectors , and then do the inverse in the next lap, and show 'consistent laptime'. It will be seen as the car having to suffer from 'tradeoff' between corner entry and exits. So sandbagging can be done by the driver, it doesn't need the car to be compromised from whatever is the 'target performance after risk evaluation' that the team wants.
Piastri (first half), Russel & Max did it so well last season, even all the way until end of Q1 - not revealing their trump cards driving wise, and build a perception of 'car limitation'.

[ryaan2904]

Hmm that makes sense. Thanks for the answers. Also regarding the news from auto-racer, I never understood why Ferrari got bad in F1 after 2018-19. 22 car was great but TD-39 and lack of correct development direction hurt the car. And I don't like the idea of blaming the engineers because they're clearly good. I mean after the cost cap, half if the same ppl build the Le Mans car and look how good that turned out.

Firing these people will be a net gain only for our rivals

[bluechris]

Hmm that makes sense. Thanks for the answers. Also regarding the news from auto-racer, I never understood why Ferrari got bad in F1 after 2018-19. 22 car was great but TD-39 and lack of correct development direction hurt the car. And I don't like the idea of blaming the engineers because they're clearly good. I mean after the cost cap, half if the same ppl build the Le Mans car and look how good that turned out.

Firing these people will be a net gain only for our rivals

Le Mans project was a total different bunch of people... many of them now came on the F1 camp

[FittingMechanics]

Not sure why Le Mans is brought up, isn't that a BoP series?

[r85]

Hmm that makes sense. Thanks for the answers. Also regarding the news from auto-racer, I never understood why Ferrari got bad in F1 after 2018-19. 22 car was great but TD-39 and lack of correct development direction hurt the car. And I don't like the idea of blaming the engineers because they're clearly good. I mean after the cost cap, half if the same ppl build the Le Mans car and look how good that turned out.

Firing these people will be a net gain only for our rivals

Le Mans project was a total different bunch of people... many of them now came on the F1 camp

They relocated F1 people over to Hypercar because of the budget cap. Maybe they're rotating engineers between the two series?

[r85]

Not sure why Le Mans is brought up, isn't that a BoP series?

BoP doesn't automatically mean spec series, teams still have to develop their cars like in F1

[Xyz22]

• - The team now seems united and cohesive:

• - In April, if the results aren't there, we'll start to learn the first names of the replacements. The pressure in Maranello has never been so intense.

these two are conflicting with each other

That was my immediate takeaway as well. Pressure and jobs on the line doesn't breed cohesion

These translations are taken slightly out of context and that has an impact on what they meant. Autoracer hosted a Sky Italy F1 reporter (Mara Sangiorgio) who said that she shaw an united Team at the moment. Autoracer added that 2026 is a crucial year for everyone in Ferrari, even Vigna apparently.
If the car is not good enough for wins and podiums, there will be big changes across the entire team.

[dans79]

These translations are taken slightly out of context and that has an impact on what they meant. Autoracer hosted a Sky Italy F1 reporter (Mara Sangiorgio) who said that she shaw an united Team at the moment. Autoracer added that 2026 is a crucial year for everyone in Ferrari, even Vigna apparently.
If the car is not good enough for wins and podiums, there will be big changes across the entire team.

This has been the fundamental problem with Ferrari for decades. Every time the inept baby at the top gets upset, they star threatening and firing people at random.

[FittingMechanics]

Not sure why Le Mans is brought up, isn't that a BoP series?

BoP doesn't automatically mean spec series, teams still have to develop their cars like in F1

Ofcourse not, but it does mean that there is no real pressure on performance. You can develop a slow (reliable) car and they will BoP it to be competitive. Some years you may luck into winning some races, etc.

It's completely different to F1.

[f1316]

There is so much talk of 'not running full potential' , 'conservative engine mode' , 'fake aero bits' etc in all team threads. The fact of the matter is, teams try to do 'as much as possible' by bringing 'as many parts as possible' for shakedown/testing events in such a 'fully revamped formula'. They want to know not just about what they have, but mostly to form a crude idea about what 'development path' to take over the next few seasons, when they sweep through different PU modes, different cooling settings, different tyre pressures, different ride heights etc etc. Hence every hour of the 9 days of 'test time' is super important. The focus has to be more (more than ever before) on themselves than 'fooling others'.

Turn up the engine to 11, run with low(high) fuel load to sim quali(race), test the limits of the car and still produce a 'sandbagged laptime' so as to not show their hand fully (if you have been watching the FP2/FP3 sessions by Mclaren & Verstappen over the past 2 years (most recent example), you will know how they do it).

I only watched races and some quali highlights last year because Ferrari were so bad. How do you think McLaren & Verstappen produce a sandbagged laptime with max settings?

by pushing in selective mini-sectors and ease off in other mini-sectors , and then do the inverse in the next lap, and show 'consistent laptime'. It will be seen as the car having to suffer from 'tradeoff' between corner entry and exits. So sandbagging can be done by the driver, it doesn't need the car to be compromised from whatever is the 'target performance after risk evaluation' that the team wants.
Piastri (first half), Russel & Max did it so well last season, even all the way until end of Q1 - not revealing their trump cards driving wise, and build a perception of 'car limitation'.

To what end?