2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[MattLightBlue]

With the excuse of not running in the morning for the chassis issue, I am not satisfied with Hamilton today. He seemed too much prone to error and still not familiar with clipping on braking and turns entry.

I hope tomorrow we will have some proper full stints and be able to compare teams telemetries, to see differences in deployment and apex speed.

[sucof]

Based on what I see this test, engine might be the biggest decisive factor. The one thing we know the least about

[Luscion]

Vasseur took the opportunity to publicly commend the work accomplished by the technical team led by Loïc Serra, highlighting the courage required to tackle a regulatory revolution starting from scratch. He praised the aggressive attitude of his engineers.

- "I'm very pleased with the work they've accomplished. When you start from a blank sheet of paper, you always fear taking the wrong direction, but being innovative and not being afraid to dare is the only way to excel. Often, people prefer to stay conventional out of fear, but that's not our case."

- "Taking risks is part of the DNA of our sport and must also be part of our technical DNA. You have to know how to take risks on the technical side if you want to win. We'll see in Melbourne where we stand compared to the others, but the important thing is to have had the audacity to propose different solutions."

- "One characteristic of this year is that, according to the regulations, we have much less aerodynamic downforce than in the past. However, the car only works with downforce, so we're focusing as much as possible on adding as much as we can, especially on the rear axle. It's a challenge that concerns us, but also all our rivals."

https://x.com/FerrariF1FRA/status/2024557781127242120

[FrukostScones]

Davidson said that the Ferrari is quietest car; I think this is a good sign.
Ferrari is like 2017/2018 I think.

[Kijfrdes112]

Does this mean that there is already a break in the team...I personally would support Leclerc!!


https://scuderiafans.com/ferrari-team-p ... ralf-bach/

[f1316]

There’s a lot of ‘noise’ in here (due to red flag/tyre change) but quietly encouraging, I would say:

Hamilton's first stint average earlier in the day is better than both, but he also doesn't take the stint nearly as far, so there's no like-for-like comparison.

Meanwhile, an exceptionally unscientific comparison of all the available runs at the 23-lap mark - i.e. where Alonso's Aston stopped working - is as follows.

23 laps

1 Hamilton 38m54.542s (extra tyre set)
2 Piastri +4.188s
3 Verstappen +7.759s
4 Lawson +41.016s
5 Hulkenberg +41.858s
6 Alonso +1m26.537s

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/how- ... t-f1-test/

Hopefully tomorrow we get Charles doing a really clean run with full data and can have a proper look (albeit, maybe Ferrari are trying not to show everyone everything just yet on purpose?).

[Luscion]

There’s a lot of ‘noise’ in here (due to red flag/tyre change) but quietly encouraging, I would say:

Hamilton's first stint average earlier in the day is better than both, but he also doesn't take the stint nearly as far, so there's no like-for-like comparison.

Meanwhile, an exceptionally unscientific comparison of all the available runs at the 23-lap mark - i.e. where Alonso's Aston stopped working - is as follows.

23 laps

1 Hamilton 38m54.542s (extra tyre set)
2 Piastri +4.188s
3 Verstappen +7.759s
4 Lawson +41.016s
5 Hulkenberg +41.858s
6 Alonso +1m26.537s

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/how- ... t-f1-test/

Hopefully tomorrow we get Charles doing a really clean run with full data and can have a proper look (albeit, maybe Ferrari are trying not to show everyone everything just yet on purpose?).

Based on the fact that Ferrari had the second lowest top speed today at 324 compared to, for example, Russell and Norris at 331, the fact that they never used 8th gear today and charles saying yesterday theyre not chasing performance, i dont know if Ferrari have any plans on lighting up the timings but maybe that changes tomorrow who knows.

[venkyhere]

There’s a lot of ‘noise’ in here (due to red flag/tyre change) but quietly encouraging, I would say:

Hamilton's first stint average earlier in the day is better than both, but he also doesn't take the stint nearly as far, so there's no like-for-like comparison.

Meanwhile, an exceptionally unscientific comparison of all the available runs at the 23-lap mark - i.e. where Alonso's Aston stopped working - is as follows.

23 laps

1 Hamilton 38m54.542s (extra tyre set)
2 Piastri +4.188s
3 Verstappen +7.759s
4 Lawson +41.016s
5 Hulkenberg +41.858s
6 Alonso +1m26.537s

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/how- ... t-f1-test/

Hopefully tomorrow we get Charles doing a really clean run with full data and can have a proper look (albeit, maybe Ferrari are trying not to show everyone everything just yet on purpose?).

Based on the fact that Ferrari had the second lowest top speed today at 324 compared to, for example, Russell and Norris at 331, the fact that they never used 8th gear today and charles saying yesterday theyre not chasing performance, i dont know if Ferrari have any plans on lighting up the timings but maybe that changes tomorrow who knows.

3rd fastest top speed. Lowest of the big4 was Verstappen @328 or something.

[dans79]

Does this mean that there is already a break in the team...I personally would support Leclerc!!


https://scuderiafans.com/ferrari-team-p ... ralf-bach/

I say it's all BS.....

According to journalist Ralf Bach from F1-Insider, while Charles Leclerc appears to be fully in sync with the SF-26 and achieves consistent lap times with minimal error, Hamilton is still adapting.

[dialtone]

There’s a lot of ‘noise’ in here (due to red flag/tyre change) but quietly encouraging, I would say:
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/how- ... t-f1-test/

Hopefully tomorrow we get Charles doing a really clean run with full data and can have a proper look (albeit, maybe Ferrari are trying not to show everyone everything just yet on purpose?).

Based on the fact that Ferrari had the second lowest top speed today at 324 compared to, for example, Russell and Norris at 331, the fact that they never used 8th gear today and charles saying yesterday theyre not chasing performance, i dont know if Ferrari have any plans on lighting up the timings but maybe that changes tomorrow who knows.

3rd fastest top speed. Lowest of the big4 was Verstappen @328 or something.

Isn’t 328 higher than 324?


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[bluechris]

Vasseur took the opportunity to publicly commend the work accomplished by the technical team led by Loïc Serra, highlighting the courage required to tackle a regulatory revolution starting from scratch. He praised the aggressive attitude of his engineers.

- "I'm very pleased with the work they've accomplished. When you start from a blank sheet of paper, you always fear taking the wrong direction, but being innovative and not being afraid to dare is the only way to excel. Often, people prefer to stay conventional out of fear, but that's not our case."

- "Taking risks is part of the DNA of our sport and must also be part of our technical DNA. You have to know how to take risks on the technical side if you want to win. We'll see in Melbourne where we stand compared to the others, but the important thing is to have had the audacity to propose different solutions."

- "One characteristic of this year is that, according to the regulations, we have much less aerodynamic downforce than in the past. However, the car only works with downforce, so we're focusing as much as possible on adding as much as we can, especially on the rear axle. It's a challenge that concerns us, but also all our rivals."

https://x.com/FerrariF1FRA/status/2024557781127242120

Very confident words in my mind, fingers crossed here.

[bluechris]

There’s a lot of ‘noise’ in here (due to red flag/tyre change) but quietly encouraging, I would say:

Hamilton's first stint average earlier in the day is better than both, but he also doesn't take the stint nearly as far, so there's no like-for-like comparison.

Meanwhile, an exceptionally unscientific comparison of all the available runs at the 23-lap mark - i.e. where Alonso's Aston stopped working - is as follows.

23 laps

1 Hamilton 38m54.542s (extra tyre set)
2 Piastri +4.188s
3 Verstappen +7.759s
4 Lawson +41.016s
5 Hulkenberg +41.858s
6 Alonso +1m26.537s

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/how- ... t-f1-test/

Hopefully tomorrow we get Charles doing a really clean run with full data and can have a proper look (albeit, maybe Ferrari are trying not to show everyone everything just yet on purpose?).

Based on the fact that Ferrari had the second lowest top speed today at 324 compared to, for example, Russell and Norris at 331, the fact that they never used 8th gear today and charles saying yesterday theyre not chasing performance, i dont know if Ferrari have any plans on lighting up the timings but maybe that changes tomorrow who knows.

They must not do that, let's sandbag a bit also. They must not shown all the cards on the table and they already had shown many imo. I know the pressure is high, mainly from Italy but they must not do that. Let Toto things he is again the smarter one.

[catent]

There’s a lot of ‘noise’ in here (due to red flag/tyre change) but quietly encouraging, I would say:



https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/how- ... t-f1-test/

Hopefully tomorrow we get Charles doing a really clean run with full data and can have a proper look (albeit, maybe Ferrari are trying not to show everyone everything just yet on purpose?).

Based on the fact that Ferrari had the second lowest top speed today at 324 compared to, for example, Russell and Norris at 331, the fact that they never used 8th gear today and charles saying yesterday theyre not chasing performance, i dont know if Ferrari have any plans on lighting up the timings but maybe that changes tomorrow who knows.

3rd fastest top speed. Lowest of the big4 was Verstappen @328 or something.

Based on what?

I saw the below graphic earlier today. Can't speak to its accuracy, but if it's correct, Ferrari was not the 3rd fastest in terms of top speed, today.

[sucof]

Does this mean that there is already a break in the team...I personally would support Leclerc!!


https://scuderiafans.com/ferrari-team-p ... ralf-bach/

I suggest never believe anything like this.
It would be very bad if such info in such detail would leave the teams inner circles.
95% of such articles are made up. As such websites which post such articles...
The season did not even start yet

[FittingMechanics]

Top speeds are not done in race sims, so not sure how comparable that is. McLaren often times stays under 300kph on the main straight in a race sim.

Is Ferrari slower than that in a race sim?

In 2026 these top speed charts will become meaningless because of different deployments or recharging needs (I think cars are already harvesting at the measuring point)