2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[Waz]

Charles really learns and adapts quickly. He mentioned in China that the strategy of taking it easier in Q1 and 2 wasn't helpful for the deployment in Q3.

I honestly thought he might just steal Pole today.

[Luscion]

Seems like both lewis and charles complained about deployment

Lewis:

“I was feeling pretty decent [in the car], it just we’re not very quick, I mean, compared to the guys, the Mercedes and a little bit of the McLaren.”

“My first lap I was up and then I lost two and a half tenths just on the straights. I had a snap, it changed the deployment and then that was it. If we didn’t have that problem I probably would have finished 4th.”

“Other than that it’s just the way it is, deployment situations.”

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[Luscion]

Following on from labelling the rules "a f**king joke" at the end of qualifying, a calmer Charles Leclerc has elucidated on what he meant.

“In Q3, that’s where you want to get out on the track and try things you’ve never tried before, taking risks that you’ve never taken before,” he said.

“That’s been rewarding for most of us in all our careers, and now this is not possible anymore.

“Every time you go a little bit over the limit, anytime you have a bit of a snap, this is costing energy on the power unit side, and then you pay the price more.

“So I feel like, at the moment, consistency is paying off more than being brave and going to take something that you’ve never tried before, which is a shame, and which makes qualifying a little bit less challenging, and this is something that we need to work on, but it’s a known issue.

“It’s not that, I think, the FIA or the teams are just accepting the situation as it is. There’s a lot of work behind the scenes, and I hope that we can find a solution.”

https://x.com/thomasmaheronf1/status/20 ... 5311423851

[Xyz22]

The drivers are clearly asking too much from the tyres in order to compensate for the lackluster Power Unit. This lead to mistakes and even worse performance in the straights. Nothing they can do right now, really. They need a significantly better PU. This was the fist time in ages the car performed well in Suzuka S1.

[dia6olo]

Barring incidents, I expect we will see a repeat of the opening 2 races.
Mercedes 1-2 & I can't see anything other than a Ferrari 3-4 (McLaren look like they still lag in race pace).

As with others I'm finding these new regs disappointing, I'm confident enough in things changing over time but currently this is not really F1, the outcome is easily predictable and the drivers have their hands tied behind their backs.

For a number of years now I have watched all sessions of F1 weekends, even the ones at stupid times for me.
However, while I will be watching the race, the opening 2 weekends left a sour taste in my mouth, so much so that for the first time in years I didn't bother watching any of the other sessions at Suzuka, not even qualifying because at the moment I simply feel like what's the point...

[Jdn1327]

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

Ferrari should take the same approach as redbull. Ignore the lack lustre 2nd driver and focus all their energy on Charles. He has more chance of a good championship finishing position than Hamilton.

[Farnborough]

Maybe Ferrari can design a rear wheel "thumb" brake (on rear friction disc calipers) in fashion of Honda style for Mick Doohan when his right foot was accident damaged.

The effect of which was to not close the throttle as a torque peak flare came on those potent two stroke motors. As it started to break traction, and risk a high side accident as collateral damage, he anticipated and squeezed rear brake control on to "muffle" that characteristic and prevent rear wheel spin flaring, while holding throttle pinned open

[DGP123]

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

Ferrari should take the same approach as redbull. Ignore the lack lustre 2nd driver and focus all their energy on Charles. He has more chance of a good championship finishing position than Hamilton.

So we’ve got to the stage of hitting on Hamilton after one mediocre Q. No surprise, given it’s the same poster on here who signed up two weeks ago, but was under a rock last week when Leclerc was outperformed.

Like the sport, this thread isn’t worth looking at. Neither Ferrari pilot will be winning a title this year, so it’s all a bit irrelevant the whole thing

[Seanspeed]

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

Ferrari should take the same approach as redbull. Ignore the lack lustre 2nd driver and focus all their energy on Charles. He has more chance of a good championship finishing position than Hamilton.

You dont throw a driver under the bus just so the other guy can get 'a better championship finishing position'. You only do that when the title is on the line and you cant spare any points whatsoever. And it should go without saying that Ferrari are not in the title fight this year.

The reality is that Ferrari is better with Lewis being motivated. And having two Ferrari drivers out there near the front is much better than one, for multiple reasons.

Sounds like you've leaked out from a Youtube comment section. Somebody should pop you back in there.

[Luscion]

Theyre also seperated by 1 point in the standings

[hollus]

Theyre also seperated by 1 point in the standings

And by 1 tenth on the sessions.
Mods have been on the driver trashing case, now please, back on topic and comment on the posts, not the posters.

[Waz]

The drivers are clearly asking too much from the tyres in order to compensate for the lackluster Power Unit. This lead to mistakes and even worse performance in the straights. Nothing they can do right now, really. They need a significantly better PU. This was the fist time in ages the car performed well in Suzuka S1.

It's not that at all. Deployment is automatic, but it also automatically learns when to deploy based on previous driver inputs.

So pushing harder confuses the car. It still deploys according to the data, but it's now in a different place on the track.

The driver then gets power where he doesn't need it, has a moment that needs corrections, and the car updates the data according to the corrections now. So the driver ends up again out of sequence to get full power.

These regulations are monumentally stupid when you consider stuff like this. It's not a Ferrari specific problem either.

[Hammerfist]

This is really bad. You pay the price for nailing corners basically. So we are not really watching who is the most skilled, but the ones who are best at managing battery. Something drastic is going to have to happen. These engine regs need to be binned asap.

[Waz]

Maybe Ferrari can design a rear wheel "thumb" brake (on rear friction disc calipers) in fashion of Honda style for Mick Doohan when his right foot was accident damaged.

The effect of which was to not close the throttle as a torque peak flare came on those potent two stroke motors. As it started to break traction, and risk a high side accident as collateral damage, he anticipated and squeezed rear brake control on to "muffle" that characteristic and prevent rear wheel spin flaring, while holding throttle pinned open

McLaren had a steering wheel paddle like this in 2008, limited torque or something similar. Either way, the drivers could hold it in and press full throttle immediately on corner exit.

[LurkingMostly]

The funny thing is that, for all the talk of energy deployment problems, we've been here before: with the SF-24, everything would always go wrong in Q3 for mysterious reasons, with both cars qualifying way down the grid, but then the car would be a beast in the race.