2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[f1316]

No real comments from Leclerc again?

He's definitely keeping his cards close to him this year But I got the impression this day went very well for them.

By the way... that's 707 laps completed for Ferrari across Barcelona and Bahrain so far with no reliability issues. Hoping I don't jinx it but I'm pretty sure every single other team has encountered at least one issue other than Ferrari. Even if they don't make it to the end of the 2nd test like this, that's mighty impressive.

This also supposedly the same PU from the Barcelona shakedown as they wanted to test longevity (I don’t have the link but it was posted by Italian motorsport.com) - so even more impressive

[LetHimTrough]

They posted the lap!

I thought his fastest lap was on the "reds" but the video it seems like it was on the "yellows"?

Correct

On the app they are white, yellow and red.
At the track the tyres are white, white with brackets and yellow. Yellow being the softest available

Ahh okay thank you!! I haven't watch it live yet only following it in the app.

[catent]

I know it's largely meaningless at this stage, but the car looked quite good in Leclerc's hands on that lap. The rear looked stable, and while there was some understeer at times, the front-end seemed fairly responsive.

[sucof]

I know it's largely meaningless at this stage, but the car looked quite good in Leclerc's hands on that lap. The rear looked stable, and while there was some understeer at times, the front-end seemed fairly responsive.

This is always misleading because this highly depends on how much the driver is pushing, putting the car on to its limits.

Some silly commentators never understands this... and rate the drivers low because they are all over the place, but they have a slower car and just put them on the edge more than the one who is leading in a faster car and drives far from the limit.

[PDR]

They posted the lap!

I thought his fastest lap was on the "reds" but the video it seems like it was on the "yellows"?

For this test , medium C3 is the softest compound which is labeled with the yellow color, since next week they will have all 5 available compounds.
https://press.pirelli.com/tyre-availabi ... bahrain-0/

[bananapeel23]

I know it's largely meaningless at this stage, but the car looked quite good in Leclerc's hands on that lap. The rear looked stable, and while there was some understeer at times, the front-end seemed fairly responsive.

I don't know if it is because they are running less fuel or softer tyres or what, but the car certainly looks like it turns better than the McLaren did on its fastest lap yesterday. I'm guessing it's fuel load and tyres, but I can't be sure. It definitely looks a lot more responsive though, which eases one of my primary fears about this car generation.

[Emag]

I know it's largely meaningless at this stage, but the car looked quite good in Leclerc's hands on that lap. The rear looked stable, and while there was some understeer at times, the front-end seemed fairly responsive.

I don't know if it is because they are running less fuel or softer tyres or what, but the car certainly looks like it turns better than the McLaren did on its fastest lap yesterday. I'm guessing it's fuel load and tyres, but I can't be sure. It definitely looks a lot more responsive though, which eases one of my primary fears about this car generation.

To me they look very similar, but Leclerc is pushing more. Particularly obvious in T4. If you compare them both you will notice how conservative Lando was yesterday in that corner. Even in T6/T7, Lando isn't pushing as much either, but it's harder to tell unless you have some sim/real racing experience.

[AR3-GP]

I know it's largely meaningless at this stage, but the car looked quite good in Leclerc's hands on that lap. The rear looked stable, and while there was some understeer at times, the front-end seemed fairly responsive.

I don't know if it is because they are running less fuel or softer tyres or what, but the car certainly looks like it turns better than the McLaren did on its fastest lap yesterday. I'm guessing it's fuel load and tyres, but I can't be sure. It definitely looks a lot more responsive though, which eases one of my primary fears about this car generation.

To me they look very similar, but Leclerc is pushing more. Particularly obvious in T4. If you compare them both you will notice how conservative Lando was yesterday in that corner. Even in T6/T7, Lando isn't pushing as much either, but it's harder to tell unless you have some sim/real racing experience.

Lando Norris did a slower lap in yesterday's night session (better conditions), than the lap Leclerc managed in the daytime today on the worse tire (C2 > C3)...Leclerc is on lower fuel/more power, obviously.

[deadhead]

I just hope they have a car than can at least put some pressure on whoever is fighting for the title.

It does look good so far!

[Emag]

I don't know if it is because they are running less fuel or softer tyres or what, but the car certainly looks like it turns better than the McLaren did on its fastest lap yesterday. I'm guessing it's fuel load and tyres, but I can't be sure. It definitely looks a lot more responsive though, which eases one of my primary fears about this car generation.

To me they look very similar, but Leclerc is pushing more. Particularly obvious in T4. If you compare them both you will notice how conservative Lando was yesterday in that corner. Even in T6/T7, Lando isn't pushing as much either, but it's harder to tell unless you have some sim/real racing experience.

Lando Norris did a slower lap in yesterday's night session (better conditions), than the lap Leclerc managed in the daytime today on the worse tire (C2 > C3)...Leclerc is on lower fuel/more power, obviously.

He could be, but this is an hypothetical because we can't prove it.
However the pushing in T4 particularly is very obvious. Put the laps side by side and see how early Lando brakes, hugs the apex and then takes his sweet a** time to get on the throttle leaving a lot of margin on the exit.

[Xyz22]

Norris did an awful turn 4 in his best lap yesterday. He was massively slower than Max as well.

Nobody should care about these lap times though. The laps with race fuel are much more useful to compare.

[venkyhere]

My humble opinion :
it's too early to analyze an individual lap and do 'lap comparison' with another team's individual lap. By the time we arrive at the next 3 day tranche in Bahrain, the teams would have worked out the driving techniques, the deployment maps etc (after collecting massive terabytes of data from these first 3 days) more optimally ; and laptimes in those 3 days would be more meaningful/representative 'at layman level'.

[ScuderiaLeo]

I don't care about the lap times but I wish we had an onboard from yesterday to compare to today's. Hamilton was so vocal about the handling of the car yesterday while Leclerc has been less so, a comparison between days would've been interesting. And I'm not sure we'll get one tomorrow since I'm assuming all the other top teams will be putting in decent laps as well, today Mercedes and Red Bull had their runplans messed up.

[AR3-GP]

Interesting.

"In terms of managing it, it's pretty straightforward, I would say. Maybe in race trim, it's going to be different. We will see.

"But then there also is a system that can automatically, you know, once you finish a lap, it learns the way that you're driving. But say, for example, you lock up and go wide, you cover more distance, it affects that algorithm. So we're just trying to get on top of it and understand it. But everyone's in the same boat."

https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/4789 ... understand

[ryaan2904]

Way too early, but most are reporting a "nervous rear". It could be that Ferrari expects the rear DF to be the biggest area of development in the early part of the season, once all the designs are out in the open and track data comes in. It would make sense given the change from the ground effect era. Mouse holes or not (Mcl), sidepod philosophy, diffuser, rake...etc. I just pray the suspension is good, as we are likely stuck with that for the year.

Could be just copium.

Suspension should be good enough, Ferrari have a decent track record with pushrods. If the car has pace then nervous rears are okay, but not ideal for tires.

Being a Ferrari fan is like being a Manchester United fan, the copium is always there in the background, you dont have to mention it

The F1-75, SF23 (tyre munchers) and SF25 (floor destroyer) don't inspire confidence, but hopefully. It is way too early to tell. As a Ferrari, United and Cleveland Browns fan, all I have is copium.

Ouch.