2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[Xyz22]

Thought so, Monza has the ideal braking zones for testing the wing's actuation speed. Also what's the status on the car's weight?

Apparently a few KGs over the weight limit. Nothing like RB but not at minimum weight yet.

Who have you been reading today? Luca?

He did bad calculations

*errata corridge, more or less.
I'm told that the ballast that helps the driver reach 82kg should be in the car at the time of weighing.

No, not Luca.
Autoracer reported that a big part of Ferrari next upgrade is about weight reduction. It wouldn't be the priority if they were already at weight limit and at the same time it's clear that they are not in a RB like situation (massively overweighted).

[AR3-GP]

Apparently a few KGs over the weight limit. Nothing like RB but not at minimum weight yet.

Who have you been reading today? Luca?

He did bad calculations

*errata corridge, more or less.
I'm told that the ballast that helps the driver reach 82kg should be in the car at the time of weighing.

No, not Luca.
Autoracer reported that a big part of Ferrari next upgrade is about weight reduction. It wouldn't be the priority if they were already at weight limit and at the same time it's clear that they are not in a RB like situation (massively overweighted).

Autoracer has no idea how much the Ferrari weighs. That was demonstrated when Luca got confused by the social media post and it had to be explained to him how the calculation works. Why do you need to look at social media when you have your "sources"? They are just getting crumbs. According to the numbers in that social media post, the only way Ferrari can be considered to have a weight problem is if one assumes Charles Leclerc is much heavier than PIA and NOR. According to most sources, they are within 1-2kg.

Based on the images, Ferrari's "issue" would be in line with Mclaren. They want to go much below the minimum weight so they can play with ballast:

"Certainly, working on reducing the weight of the car is always a development item, because even if you are at the weight limit, you want to be actually under the weight limit, because then you can play with ballast," he explained to media, including RacingNews365, during testing in Bahrain.

https://racingnews365.com/mclaren-hopin ... ttleground


Autoracer originally didn't know anything about Ferrari over the winter, saying they are lucky to get into Q3 so I would take them with a grain of salt. Too often they write more like fans than real journalism.

This is Mr. Albano writing nonsense a day before it was revealed how much overweight the Red Bull is:

Red Bull appears decidedly too far behind from all points of view, with a chassis that, surprisingly, seems to be less competitive than the new Power Unit and that expresses so little downforce that it shows very high numbers on the straight, mixing the perception of the real strength of the power unit.

https://www.formulapassion.it/f1/f1-ana ... ari-motore

If you are a journalist, you should not be publishing things when you don't know the full story.

[THOR06]

Yes, both Ferraris battled, but what I noticed is that despite this, Mercedes' medium runs were much better than Ferrari's in terms of tire degradation. Ferrari seemed more consistent on the hard tire, but the gap between Russell and Hamilton widened until the end, even though Russell also fought in traffic. I don't have any data to give you, but you'll see that Mercedes isn't pushing the tires as hard as Ferrari.

[AR3-GP]

Does anyone remember where it was said that the Ferrari drivers have some beeps in their radio that tell them where to lift and coast? I could have sworn that I read this in the last week, but it's difficult to find if it was not written in English.

[LeQuick]

What I don't understand is how Lewis eked a gap out over Leclerc but towards the end Charles was closing back in, perhaps Lewis was just crusing?

[AlexP]

Who have you been reading today? Luca?

He did bad calculations

No, not Luca.
Autoracer reported that a big part of Ferrari next upgrade is about weight reduction. It wouldn't be the priority if they were already at weight limit and at the same time it's clear that they are not in a RB like situation (massively overweighted).

Autoracer has no idea how much the Ferrari weighs. That was demonstrated when Luca got confused by the social media post and it had to be explained to him how the calculation works. Why do you need to look at social media when you have your "sources"? They are just getting crumbs. According to the numbers in that social media post, the only way Ferrari can be considered to have a weight problem is if one assumes Charles Leclerc is much heavier than PIA and NOR. According to most sources, they are within 1-2kg.

Based on the images, Ferrari's "issue" would be in line with Mclaren. They want to go much below the minimum weight so they can play with ballast:

"Certainly, working on reducing the weight of the car is always a development item, because even if you are at the weight limit, you want to be actually under the weight limit, because then you can play with ballast," he explained to media, including RacingNews365, during testing in Bahrain.

https://racingnews365.com/mclaren-hopin ... ttleground


Autoracer originally didn't know anything about Ferrari over the winter, saying they are lucky to get into Q3 so I would take them with a grain of salt. Too often they write more like fans than real journalism.

This is Mr. Albano writing nonsense a day before it was revealed how much overweight the Red Bull is:

Red Bull appears decidedly too far behind from all points of view, with a chassis that, surprisingly, seems to be less competitive than the new Power Unit and that expresses so little downforce that it shows very high numbers on the straight, mixing the perception of the real strength of the power unit.

https://www.formulapassion.it/f1/f1-ana ... ari-motore

If you are a journalist, you should not be publishing things when you don't know the full story.

Do we have any photos of the Ferrari and Alpine being weighed? The Alpine with Gasly is really right at the weight limit, so I’d take those figures with a pinch of salt, given that Gasly certainly isn’t a heavyweight.

[AR3-GP]

Do we have any photos of the Ferrari and Alpine being weighed? The Alpine with Gasly is really right at the weight limit, so I’d take those figures with a pinch of salt, given that Gasly certainly isn’t a heavyweight.

Gasly's unofficial driver weight is 70kg. Therefore he would carry 1-2kg less ballast. That accounts for the discrepancy if Mclaren and Ferrari are also at the min weight.

It had also been reported by a source with a good track record that Alpine was at the min weight starting the season.

[Luscion]

Autoracer didnt say that Ferrari have a weight issue or what their weight is at, just that they are planning to reduce the weight of the car more with the upgrades coming. They do get things wrong but more often than not they are right, report of Red Bull not having the compression trick that was rumored before the season and siding with the other manufactures, Ferrari's engine not being up to par to that of the Merc's (but admittedly over exaggerated), Mclaren being frustrated with Merc over a lack of info on the engine mapping, Ferrari bringing the 'Macarena' wing to China

[Xyz22]

According to Autoracer, if Ferrari will be within the ADUO, the new engine will come in the second half of the season (at least race 12/13).

[Space-heat]

Does anyone remember where it was said that the Ferrari drivers have some beeps in their radio that tell them where to lift and coast? I could have sworn that I read this in the last week, but it's difficult to find if it was not written in English.

Haven't read it, but Bryan was saying it over the Radio to Charles in China. Can not remember the session, probably FP1.

[PlatinumZealot]

Hamilton most certainly did not leave Leclerc "for dead", seeing as Leclerc finished 3.5s behind him, and was closing the gap over the final few laps.

And I guarantee you, if the roles were reversed and someone claimed Leclerc left Hamilton "for dead", you'd find such a description of the race utterly ridiculous, because it is.

In both races this season, Leclerc was slightly quicker during the first stint, and Hamilton slightly quicker during the final stint.

Nevermind that this is Leclerc's worst track, and arguably Hamilton's best.

Good for Hamilton, because he looks quite strong at the moment. But those trying to frame this as a negative outcome for Leclerc are letting their tribal bias show, and it's a bad look. By tearing down Leclerc, you're effectively diminishing Hamilton's accomplishment. And beyond that, Leclerc has shown himself to be a quality race driver; there is no doubt about his ability and consistency.

The praise for Hamilton is very well deserved. The criticism of Leclerc is absurd. And those who are incapable of supporting their preferred driver without reflexively engaging in prejudiced, tribal ways of thinking/talking about their preferred driver's teammate, suffice to say I find that an incredibly unfortunate mindset to be trapped in.

I thought lewis race craft was really good. Charles got baited to use his tyres trying to pull a gap to Russell -opened up graining on his front left. Lewis dropped back by 2+seconds cooled his tyres, then interpreted charles was struggling and then went for it. He gapped him for 15 laps in a row -lapping within 1/2 tenths. What else do you want to say? he was nearly 4 seconds in front of charles? He did leave him for dead. Charles had no reply.

Over race distance Australia he was behind charles and closing before pitstops, and then after the pit stops he was clearly faster taking down 7 seconds lead to 0.8. Its not a critisism of charles but we just looking at the facts there wasn't any issues lewis was just faster.

Again when we get to Baku/Monaco i expect charles to smoke lewis -these tracks Charles is elite!!

This is a grave concern for Charles if somehow Lewis' way of driving is making the tyres last longer and worse if it compounds and gets better and better. We might see the quicker driver lose out to a slower one whose managing the tools and tyres better. Not what I like to see? But it's something we have to prepare for if it happens.

[MB_Racer]

Could someone explain to me, technically, why was during the Sprint race Sir LH was passing the Merc of GR so easily in turn 1 and or turn 2 ?

However during the race, it was the opposite, both Merc cars were much faster in turn 1 and 2 than both Ferrari ?

Thanks guys & girls cause I don’t get it

[ScuderiaLeo]

According to Autoracer, if Ferrari will be within the ADUO, the new engine will come in the second half of the season (at least race 12/13).

With or without the missing races? As race 12-13 by round # is July as stated before, but by actual race count it'll be early September.

Hopefully they can make the July target without reliability issues.

[catent]

Hamilton most certainly did not leave Leclerc "for dead", seeing as Leclerc finished 3.5s behind him, and was closing the gap over the final few laps.

And I guarantee you, if the roles were reversed and someone claimed Leclerc left Hamilton "for dead", you'd find such a description of the race utterly ridiculous, because it is.

In both races this season, Leclerc was slightly quicker during the first stint, and Hamilton slightly quicker during the final stint.

Nevermind that this is Leclerc's worst track, and arguably Hamilton's best.

Good for Hamilton, because he looks quite strong at the moment. But those trying to frame this as a negative outcome for Leclerc are letting their tribal bias show, and it's a bad look. By tearing down Leclerc, you're effectively diminishing Hamilton's accomplishment. And beyond that, Leclerc has shown himself to be a quality race driver; there is no doubt about his ability and consistency.

The praise for Hamilton is very well deserved. The criticism of Leclerc is absurd. And those who are incapable of supporting their preferred driver without reflexively engaging in prejudiced, tribal ways of thinking/talking about their preferred driver's teammate, suffice to say I find that an incredibly unfortunate mindset to be trapped in.

I thought lewis race craft was really good. Charles got baited to use his tyres trying to pull a gap to Russell -opened up graining on his front left. Lewis dropped back by 2+seconds cooled his tyres, then interpreted charles was struggling and then went for it. He gapped him for 15 laps in a row -lapping within 1/2 tenths. What else do you want to say? he was nearly 4 seconds in front of charles? He did leave him for dead. Charles had no reply.

Over race distance Australia he was behind charles and closing before pitstops, and then after the pit stops he was clearly faster taking down 7 seconds lead to 0.8. Its not a critisism of charles but we just looking at the facts there wasn't any issues lewis was just faster.

Again when we get to Baku/Monaco i expect charles to smoke lewis -these tracks Charles is elite!!

This is a grave concern for Charles if somehow Lewis' way of driving is making the tyres last longer and worse if it compounds and gets better and better. We might see the quicker driver lose out to a slower one whose managing the tools and tyres better. Not what I like to see? But it's something we have to prepare for if it happens.

I don't think there is any good evidence at this point that Hamilton is managing his tires better than Leclerc, especially after only two race weekends. Leclerc has demonstrated strong tire management and race pace in recent seasons, and he closed the gap to Hamilton over the final handful of laps at China.

In both Australia and China, Leclerc was marginally quicker during the first stint (mediums), while Hamilton was marginally quicker during the final stint (hards). You claim there were no issues in Australia but that is not true; Leclerc was apparently managing temperature concerns during the final stint in Australia.

China, also, wasn't quite entirely clear. Leclerc seemed to have a bit more pace initially, bridging the gap to Hamilton and passing him on a few occasions. Hamilton then effectively matched Leclerc's pace, stayed close, and Leclerc made that mistake (although I'm not sure that really changed the ultimate outcome; Hamilton was largely matching Leclerc's pace regardless of the lockup, and was just consistently quick at a track he likes quite a lot - and happens to be Leclerc's worst - which isn't surprising).

And then after Leclerc's lockup and their subsequent battle, Hamilton showed a bit more pace during the 3rd quarter of the race, while Leclerc pulled back some time over the final few laps. Leclerc may have sent his tires out of their ideal operating window during their final battle (just as Hamilton may have done the same earlier in the race, during his battles with the Mercedes), but there's no evidence Leclerc had significantly more overall degradation, else it seems highly unlikely he closes the gap to Hamilton over the final few laps. That either suggests Leclerc wasn't managing his tires any worse than Hamilton, or Hamilton was cruising over the final few laps; knowing how much that first podium in a Ferrari (particularly at that track) meant to Hamilton, I think the former explanation is far more likely than the latter.

I'd also point out - and this relates to track preference/suitability - those long-radius corners are not Leclerc's strong suit and it's something for him to work on. I think setup preference plays a big role in this, as Hamilton likes a more planted rear, while Leclerc likes a lighter rear; a track like China with long-radius corners naturally lends itself towards Hamilton's preferred balance, while Leclerc's proclivity for a loose rear doesn't get along well with those types of turns/corners.

In any case, saying Hamilton "left Leclerc for dead" is laughable and completely inconsistent with the on-track action and ultimate time gap. A 3.5s interval is leaving another driver "for dead"? Insanity. Leclerc pulled back some time over the final few laps - that's not "being left for dead". And what about during the first half of the race, when Leclerc was able to bridge the gap to Hamilton on several occasions? Is that not relevant?

As I said before, if the results were reversed, the two battled, Leclerc came out ahead, pulled a small gap, but Hamilton closed over the final few laps and wound up 3.5s behind when all was said and done, and someone claimed Leclerc "left Hamilton for dead", you'd be calling such a description of events absurd and ridiculous ... because it is. Full stop. And I'd be sat here vehemently arguing the same thing regardless of the names of the drivers.

My analysis is that Leclerc had a good race (especially considering the track), while Hamilton was a bit better. Both had strong weekends and I was very happy with their respective performances.

[DJ Downforce]

I wonder how Suzuka will go for Ferrari. I expect that they will have the fastest sector 1 throughout the weekend but bleed time in sector 2 and particularly sector 3. I predict the gap to be 0.5 tenths in an optimistic world.