2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[CHT]

Yes, if you look at how he could not learn and or acclimatise to the ground effect cars, and how he talked about this, or just to mention learning Italian, you will get a hunch he will not like to learn all these new management of these systems, methods.

What is it about ground effect cars and any troubles he speculatively might have had with them, will somehow translate to this energy restricted era? What's the crossover where this is making sense in your mind, exactly?

My observation is that he simply has problems adapting nowadays to new cars or systems. Hence he was slower with ground effect cars than his team mates. My observation is not only based on his driving but the many interviews he gave and people in F1 have said. And I suspect this will be similar to the new ways you have to drive the new cars.
I think we talked about this too much, I just shared my opinion, we will see.

2026 cars will be worst than 2025 because every new circuit will be a brand new challenge and learning curve which is not related to driving because 2026 PU require drivers to deal with battery recharging strategy, not pushing the cars and tires to the limit.

For Bahrain test, teams and drivers have a good 6 days and hundreds of laps to get it right, but when it comes to race weekend, there is only FP1 FP2 and FP3 before qualifying. I am expecting many drivers will become very frustrated when their cars runs out of battery power to push.

[PlatinumZealot]

The chances are quite high though, that Leclerc will be similarly faster than Ham like last year. In that case, Hamilton will have close to zero argument and power to create such tensions.

I might add, Ham is thinking this type of cars will suit him, while there is a lot more to these new cars he will not handle well... the continuous playing with recharge and battery management will not be his strong side, imho. And this will make him even more sad and disappointed.
Future telling OFF.

Hamilton loves to fiddle with settings. It's right up his alley. Remember in 2014? Those who saw him handling the spanners working on the McLaren in the promo video knew he's the tinkerer kind of driver..
On the other hand he is a seat of the pants type. He doesn't do well if he cannot feel the car. That should be gone with these new regs. Smaller, nimbler cars that rely heavily on corner entry.

[dialtone]

Among the things I care about seeing from Ferrari politically at the moment is to see them veto the absolute crap out of ANY changes to starting procedures. Under no circumstances this can be allowed. To me this is a critical point in the season already, not for the start procedure per se, but from a political standpoint.

[bluechris]

Among the things I care about seeing from Ferrari politically at the moment is to see them veto the absolute crap out of ANY changes to starting procedures. Under no circumstances this can be allowed. To me this is a critical point in the season already, not for the start procedure per se, but from a political standpoint.

I hope so also but we all know these wasn't the case all the previous years where Ferrari always was getting it on the chin without a single word.

[Badger]

Among the things I care about seeing from Ferrari politically at the moment is to see them veto the absolute crap out of ANY changes to starting procedures. Under no circumstances this can be allowed. To me this is a critical point in the season already, not for the start procedure per se, but from a political standpoint.

The FIA will add 5 seconds to the start sequence, and also removed the use of SLM down to turn one. These are all safety aspects and Ferrari has no power to veto any of it. This is the correct decision for safety and fairness. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-t ... ety-fears/

But if we take your word for it, does this mean Ferrari has already suffered its first critical loss of 2026?

[dialtone]

Among the things I care about seeing from Ferrari politically at the moment is to see them veto the absolute crap out of ANY changes to starting procedures. Under no circumstances this can be allowed. To me this is a critical point in the season already, not for the start procedure per se, but from a political standpoint.

The FIA will add 5 seconds to the start sequence, and also removed the use of SLM down to turn one. These are all safety aspects and Ferrari has no power to veto any of it. This is the correct decision for safety and fairness. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-t ... ety-fears/

But if we take your word for it, does this mean Ferrari has already suffered its first critical loss of 2026?

**mod edit**.

This rule set has already started in the worst possible way with an illegal engine allowed and a bogus start procedure that Ferrari had warned everyone about 1 year ago and Ferrari got no compensation for all of this nonsense.

FIA is a clown and corrupt organization, just cheat going forward, that's the way the FIA wants.

[Badger]

Among the things I care about seeing from Ferrari politically at the moment is to see them veto the absolute crap out of ANY changes to starting procedures. Under no circumstances this can be allowed. To me this is a critical point in the season already, not for the start procedure per se, but from a political standpoint.

The FIA will add 5 seconds to the start sequence, and also removed the use of SLM down to turn one. These are all safety aspects and Ferrari has no power to veto any of it. This is the correct decision for safety and fairness. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-t ... ety-fears/

But if we take your word for it, does this mean Ferrari has already suffered its first critical loss of 2026?

Shut up about fairness and safety, this is about being a bunch of wankers, fairness would be not changing the procedure.

This rule set has already started in the worst possible way with an illegal engine allowed and a bogus start procedure that Ferrari had warned everyone about 1 year ago and Ferrari got no compensation for all of this nonsense.

FIA is a clown and corrupt organization, just cheat going forward, that's the way the FIA wants.

Judging by your spirited reaction I’m thinking that is a “yes” in answer to my question.

[MattLightBlue]

Among the things I care about seeing from Ferrari politically at the moment is to see them veto the absolute crap out of ANY changes to starting procedures. Under no circumstances this can be allowed. To me this is a critical point in the season already, not for the start procedure per se, but from a political standpoint.

The FIA will add 5 seconds to the start sequence, and also removed the use of SLM down to turn one. These are all safety aspects and Ferrari has no power to veto any of it. This is the correct decision for safety and fairness. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-t ... ety-fears/

But if we take your word for it, does this mean Ferrari has already suffered its first critical loss of 2026?

This rule set has already started in the worst possible way with an illegal engine allowed and a bogus start procedure that Ferrari had warned everyone about 1 year ago and Ferrari got no compensation for all of this nonsense.

FIA is a clown and corrupt organization, just cheat going forward, that's the way the FIA wants.

The additional 5 seconds were already tested the whole last 3 days Bahrein test, and are more to avoid cars being stuck on the grid than giving time for optimal turbo pressure. The lightning start from Hamilton was done with the 5 seconds in place.
Forbidden active aero shouldn’t change pecking order at start.

[dialtone]

The FIA will add 5 seconds to the start sequence, and also removed the use of SLM down to turn one. These are all safety aspects and Ferrari has no power to veto any of it. This is the correct decision for safety and fairness. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-t ... ety-fears/

But if we take your word for it, does this mean Ferrari has already suffered its first critical loss of 2026?

Shut up about fairness and safety, this is about being a bunch of wankers, fairness would be not changing the procedure.

This rule set has already started in the worst possible way with an illegal engine allowed and a bogus start procedure that Ferrari had warned everyone about 1 year ago and Ferrari got no compensation for all of this nonsense.

FIA is a clown and corrupt organization, just cheat going forward, that's the way the FIA wants.

Judging by your spirited reaction I’m thinking that is a “yes” in answer to my question.

Doesn’t really matter. I was excited for a nice season but honestly not sure I’m gonna follow it… I have too little tolerance for this degree of corruption.

[dialtone]

The FIA will add 5 seconds to the start sequence, and also removed the use of SLM down to turn one. These are all safety aspects and Ferrari has no power to veto any of it. This is the correct decision for safety and fairness. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-t ... ety-fears/

But if we take your word for it, does this mean Ferrari has already suffered its first critical loss of 2026?

This rule set has already started in the worst possible way with an illegal engine allowed and a bogus start procedure that Ferrari had warned everyone about 1 year ago and Ferrari got no compensation for all of this nonsense.

FIA is a clown and corrupt organization, just cheat going forward, that's the way the FIA wants.

The additional 5 seconds were already tested the whole last 3 days Bahrein test, and are more to avoid cars being stuck on the grid than giving time for optimal turbo pressure. The lightning start from Hamilton was done with the 5 seconds in place.
Forbidden active aero shouldn’t change pecking order at start.

I personally don’t care. Multiple drivers didn’t care.

Start from the pit lane or change your engine. **mod deleted**

Ferrari gets shafted and then I have to hear about the british engineering superiority in the sport. The only superiority is comedic post updates. < **mode edit**

[LM10]

Among the things I care about seeing from Ferrari politically at the moment is to see them veto the absolute crap out of ANY changes to starting procedures. Under no circumstances this can be allowed. To me this is a critical point in the season already, not for the start procedure per se, but from a political standpoint.

The FIA will add 5 seconds to the start sequence, and also removed the use of SLM down to turn one. These are all safety aspects and Ferrari has no power to veto any of it. This is the correct decision for safety and fairness. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-t ... ety-fears/

But if we take your word for it, does this mean Ferrari has already suffered its first critical loss of 2026?

Fairness? Seriously, which fairness are you talking about? Ferrari's advantage at the start didn't fall from the sky. They worked hard for that.

Mercedes already gifted two major things:
1. they're allowed to keep their illegal engine and 2. the starting procedure will change

Ferrari, having built the best or at the very least the most interesting car engineering wise, will be thrown under the bus once again.
After being the team warning the FIA and seeking for a change to the starting procedure WAY before, other teams obviously were too short-sighted (or too busy building an illegal engine) and did not agree on a change to the starting procedure. Ferrari then built their PU to best accomodate these conditions (and probably sacrificed performance in some other aspect), but will keep no or very little advantage? What a damn clown show.

"Safety aspects" - LMAO. Wasn't this clear from the beginning? What about all the resources spent by Ferrari? How are they gonna get compensated? Why is Mercedes allowed to keep their PU because as per Tombazis they spent time designing their PU, but in case of Ferrari no one cares, because "safety". Same old story with TD39 when it was because of "safety" too.

[Luscion]

Among the things I care about seeing from Ferrari politically at the moment is to see them veto the absolute crap out of ANY changes to starting procedures. Under no circumstances this can be allowed. To me this is a critical point in the season already, not for the start procedure per se, but from a political standpoint.

The FIA will add 5 seconds to the start sequence, and also removed the use of SLM down to turn one. These are all safety aspects and Ferrari has no power to veto any of it. This is the correct decision for safety and fairness. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-t ... ety-fears/

But if we take your word for it, does this mean Ferrari has already suffered its first critical loss of 2026?

To quote max about the start sequence being a safety issue "you can always start from the pit lane". From what ive seen most drivers dont believe this is a safety issue.

[Badger]

We can’t let the competitive interests of one team go before the health and safety of the drivers. We don’t want big crashes at the start stemming from huge speed deltas. That’s something I hope even the most partial posters on here would agree with. It’s also fair that everyone gets a chance to spool their turbo regardless of where they start on the grid.

Ferrari could foresee the problems but they could not foresee that the FIA would be forced to make changes on safety grounds before the season, other manufacturers clearly bet on that. I’m sorry to say it but Fred tried to get cute and got outsmarted by the Totonator.

[Frank73]

Among the things I care about seeing from Ferrari politically at the moment is to see them veto the absolute crap out of ANY changes to starting procedures. Under no circumstances this can be allowed. To me this is a critical point in the season already, not for the start procedure per se, but from a political standpoint.

The FIA will add 5 seconds to the start sequence, and also removed the use of SLM down to turn one. These are all safety aspects and Ferrari has no power to veto any of it. This is the correct decision for safety and fairness. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-t ... ety-fears/

But if we take your word for it, does this mean Ferrari has already suffered its first critical loss of 2026?

Fairness? Seriously, which fairness are you talking about? Ferrari's advantage at the start didn't fall from the sky. They worked hard for that.

Mercedes already gifted two major things:
1. they're allowed to keep their illegal engine and 2. the starting procedure will change

Ferrari, having built the best or at the very least the most interesting car engineering wise, will be thrown under the bus once again.
After being the team warning the FIA and seeking for a change to the starting procedure WAY before, other teams obviously were too short-sighted (or too busy building an illegal engine) and did not agree on a change to the starting procedure. Ferrari then built their PU to best accomodate these conditions (and probably sacrificed performance in some other aspect), but will keep no or very little advantage? What a damn clown show.

"Safety aspects" - LMAO. Wasn't this clear from the beginning? What about all the resources spent by Ferrari? How are they gonna get compensated? Why is Mercedes allowed to keep their PU because as per Tombazis they spent time designing their PU, but in case of Ferrari no one cares, because "safety". Same old story with TD39 when it was because of "safety" too.

Same old story. Over and over since 2014. Mercedes having FIA in their pocket obtain regulation changes to cover their weakness and veto regulation enforcement that would expose their cheat. What a farce. I think that Audi is already regretting putting so much money into these maFIA ruled formula1.

[bluechris]

DarthToto-Ferrari 2-0 so far (Engine inspection in 6 months and starting procedure). Maybe it will be 3-0 if they cannot homologate the fuel of MB before Melbourne and they will get an extension.

No words....