2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[Sidiamal]

Ahead of both mclarens which was the goal…good work

Yep. No impediments for tomorrow. Now they need a good start. Ferrari was badly caught out by the lack of practice running in the Sprint but with more protection from graining hopefully the pace in the Race will be more consistent. The Mercs are really not that far off on this track.

[erudite450]

The gap would have been higher if it wasn’t Russel’s issue. Let’s hope the same happens for them in the race as well.

Sure but I also think that Hamilton could have put more pressure on them without the snap on his first run.

[F1subman25]

If Ferrari can be 1-2 at the end of the first lap we can have a v good race.

[LeQuick]

Lewis looking miserable after the sprint, not surprising, he drove his heart out and yet Leclerc still had too much for him. Brilliant to see him at his best, but Leclerc is an alien.

[search]

should be a realistic goal for lap 1. Russell is not far ahead and Antonelli has completely bottled both starts so far.

[GrizzleBoy]

I think even if both Mercs work together, they'll only be able to hold off one Ferrari

[ali623]

If Ferrari can be 1-2 at the end of the first lap we can have a v good race.

If Ferrari want any hope of the win (and assuming they can be 1-2 by the end of lap one), they need to essentially 'sacrifice' the P2 driver to hold back the leading Mercedes with energy deployment tricks for as long as possible, while the lead Ferrari runs away out front.

This is what I thought they should have done in Australia, by pitting Hamilton under VSC alongside Russell. I think it's the only way they would have a realistic chance of winning right now.

[Xyz22]

At least they had no deployement issues in Q3, which is a good improvement.
Let's see in the race if they had made progress with setup. Lot of deg/graining in the sprint race.

[GrizzleBoy]

Has there been any evidence yet that "keep the driver behind in "drs" to keep the faster car behind them stuck in a train" method still works?

If wonder if team mates running close to each other could swap positions every lap to keep each car in the overtake zone

[Vinlarr89]

The thinking is that if you get caught in a battle then the energy harvesting and deployment isn’t optimum vs the car out in front that can optimise the energy usage to build a lead

[ScuderiaLeo]

How much do the drivers and teams control the battery deployment lap to lap versus the software doing things on its own or pre-planned?

Something that caught my attention in the interviews just now is Leclerc said the battery deals better with consistent laps than pushing to the limit, and this is something he dislikes about these regs.

A few commenters here have given differing views on how the battery deployment works, either that the team controls some or that the software decides it all. Do we know for a fact or is this just theory based on what the drivers say?

I am just wondering what he means by pushing isn't rewarded as much as consistency. Is it because the software calibrates better with a smaller delta between laps or something along those lines? Or is he referring to something with their car?

[ali623]

How much do the drivers and teams control the battery deployment lap to lap versus the software doing things on its own or pre-planned?

Something that caught my attention in the interviews just now is Leclerc said the battery deals better with consistent laps than pushing to the limit, and this is something he dislikes about these regs.

A few commenters here have given differing views on how the battery deployment works, either that the team controls some or that the software decides it all. Do we know for a fact or is this just theory based on what the drivers say?

I am just wondering what he means by pushing isn't rewarded as much as consistency. Is it because the software calibrates better with a smaller delta between laps or something along those lines? Or is he referring to something with their car?

Leclerc was referring to qualifying. Basically, previous to these regs, in qualifying the track grips up more through Q1/2/3 hence the driver can carry more speed through the corners and the laps get faster throughout.

Obviously the track still grips up the same way now, but if the driver carries more speed through the corners, they use more energy which then kills their speed down the straights and typically results in a net loss of laptime. Because the energy deployment is set by the software, you have to do the same thing throughout qualifying. (I think)

What Leclerc is saying, is that you have to basically drive the same through the corners in Q1/2/3 despite the track gripping up so that you don't mess up the energy deployment for the straights.

[sebastian.vidu]

Can you please explain why we can keep up with mercs only up to 6-7 laps?

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[ScuderiaLeo]

Leclerc was referring to qualifying. Basically, previous to these regs, in qualifying the track grips up more through Q1/2/3 hence the driver can carry more speed through the corners and the laps get faster throughout.

Obviously the track still grips up the same way now, but if the driver carries more speed through the corners, they use more energy which then kills their speed down the straights and typically results in a net loss of laptime. Because the energy deployment is set by the software, you have to do the same thing throughout qualifying. (I think)

What Leclerc is saying, is that you have to basically drive the same through the corners in Q1/2/3 despite the track gripping up so that you don't mess up the energy deployment for the straights.

This is what I was asking basically, how much control do they have over this in the middle of quali? Do they really set a specific deployment beforehand and if they try to go against it, the software gets messed up? That's what it sounds like but I haven't seen anyone confirm the specifics, just theories

[LeQuick]

Can you please explain why we can keep up with mercs only up to 6-7 laps?

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Perhaps having to push the tyres too much and suffering early graining?