2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[ScuderiaLeo]

And here I was thinking it was an okay quali

Hamilton never looked comfortable though, and Leclerc was clearly struggling with some snaps throughout, but that's been the case all weekend. Given the FPs, this result is about where I'd expect, no more and no less

[j_ste]

Probably an expected result. There isn’t much else they can do until they improve the PU

[rifrafs2kees]

The choice to go with a smaller turbo will haunt them; F1 races aren't 10 lap sprints or Monaco -like for majority of races. They'll get eaten up in the race even if they make it to the front by turn 1.

[SoulPancake13]

The engine is not strong enough and this formula makes 0 sense. Leclerc is punished for taking corners faster than he did on the previous lap now... unbelievable

[ScuderiaLeo]

Probably an expected result. There isn’t much else they can do until they improve the PU

There were probably a few things to maximize still, the car never looked stable all weekend, and Hamilton was a step behind so they didn't get the best result having the cars beside eachother.

But I don't think there was a world where they would get pole even if Leclerc's lap was perfect, so you're right about P3-P4 being the expected result

There's a long way to the next race. I hope they bring something big there regardless of any pending engine upgrades

Edit: Or did Hamilton have a battery issue? they had so many in FP3 wouldn't be surprised

[Emag]

Mercedes unlocked it on the 2nd runs of Q2 and suddenly they jumped everyone. So yeah, pole probably was never going to happen. A perfect lap might have gotten p2 though.

[Sevach]

And here I was thinking it was an okay quali

Hamilton never looked comfortable though, and Leclerc was clearly struggling with some snaps throughout, but that's been the case all weekend. Given the FPs, this result is about where I'd expect, no more and no less

This stinks.
Pace disappeared in Q3.

[SoulPancake13]

And here I was thinking it was an okay quali

Hamilton never looked comfortable though, and Leclerc was clearly struggling with some snaps throughout, but that's been the case all weekend. Given the FPs, this result is about where I'd expect, no more and no less

This stinks.
Pace disappeared in Q3.

LEC said post qualy that his Q2 lap was probably as perfect as can be.

[ScuderiaLeo]

Mercedes unlocked it on the 2nd runs of Q2 and suddenly they jumped everyone. So yeah, pole probably was never going to happen. A perfect lap might have gotten p2 though.

Leclerc said on Canal just now he disagrees (on getting much higher) because the only reason his lap time in the final run was so good up to that point was because he was pushing. But also the snap and battery drain at the end of the lap happened because he pushed in the first part. So there was always going to be some kind of trade and he doesn't think the amount of time lost there would've made it up.

Not sure how true that is but that's how he feels without seeing the data at least

[ScuderiaLeo]

Leclerc also said they're struggling with software optimization on the straights, something we've seen all 3 weekends now. He said the FIA is still working on the issue along with the teams and it's an ongoing process so he hopes it'll be changed soon.

Haven't seen any interviews from Hamilton yet

[F1subman25]

This is pretty much where I expected them to be, as much as Suzuka rewards a good chassis, its still in my view a power track.

[SoulPancake13]

This is pretty much where I expected them to be, as much as Suzuka rewards a good chassis, its still in my view a power track.

We had relative engine parity for this past reg set, which really amplified the differences in aero/chassis quality, especially at Suzuka with many different corner types

[Sidiamal]

Hamilton seems to have had the same problem Leclerc did in Shanghai. Throttle application in Turn 8/9 costs him a few tenths on the back straight as per Santi on the team radio.

Seems like it'll just be the routine every weekend. Ferrari has Mercedes pace in Q1 and Q2 and then party mode turns on for McLaren and Mercedes and P4 might as well be pole and the gravy is one or the other driver and often both have a deployment snafu. Until the regs or the car changes, whichever comes first, this is how it'll be every week.

[ScuderiaLeo]

#Ferrari suffers terribly in the central sector where in the power sections there's just none of it. #Leclerc does more than once in the session a stratospheric first sector, with stunning passages especially at Turn 6 to launch toward the uphill of Turn 7. The improvement in the car after the first day is evident, the balance is good, as is tire management and activation. My personal impression over these 2 days is that even though we're on a technical track where other things matter too, we're living the weekend where the power shortage of Maranello's PU is most visible, the one that when it has to push uphill, mid-corner, etc., just doesn't have it.
For the race it's hard to think anyone can trouble Mercedes, though keep an eye out because the two of them are playing for something serious in the world championship context, while a Ferrari-McLaren battle for the podium is very plausible.

[LeQuick]

So, back to normal service, without all the deployment rubbish Leclerc would have been on the front row and around half a second faster than his teammate. And I thought he was supposed to be struggling with these cars? Lol