2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[AR3-GP]

looks like Ferrari missed the loophole to add wings to the rear wing actuator for Monaco only

looks like Ferrari missed the loophole to add wings to the rear wing actuator for Monaco only

I doubt the team that thought-up FTM and halo winglets would miss a seemingly more obvious “legality box” engineering possibility. Monaco is a big race for Leclerc and the team, and they brought a Monaco-specific rear-wing in either 2024 or 2025, if I remember correctly.

When weighing the potential downforce gains from such a design against their power deficit, already high downforce levels, and the FTM, my guess is that any gains would likely be diminishing returns.

Search was correct, fyi.

It was certainly a point not lost on Lewis Hamilton, who referenced that Ferrari had potentially missed a trick in not chasing the same exploit.

Asked by The Race about the factors that had gone against the squad, Hamilton said: “Apart from wanting more downforce globally, I think when we arrived on Thursday we saw other people, those guys, with trick additions to their wing.

“We didn’t have that, which was a little bit of a surprise.”

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/merc ... naco-pole/

[avantman]

Does anyone have the data on where leclerc was before he put it in the wall? Seemed like he did a better first sector so might have been up?

Very frustrating not to get pole here. Maybe the starts will come to the rescue but it should have been better imho - combination of team, tyres and drivers not maximising. Charles can speak of issues but someone like a Max (or Michael) can be struggling all weekend and still maximise when it matters. I was holding for/expecting a Senna-esque lap from him right at the death but he messed it up and tbh that happens too often if he’s really going to be in Max’s level.

https://ibb.co/dJ0MQDZN
Leclerc sectors time. He did personal best but unlikely close enough to challenge for pole.
https://ibb.co/KpW7JwBS

He crashed in S2 so that best sector doesn't really show what he was doing. He was setting purple in S2 before the crash as you can see from the mini-sectors which came after the laps of Verstappen and Antonelli. Ferrari had 2-3 tenths all weekend on everyone there. He would have been in a 33.7 or something like that. It was a pole lap, until it wasn't.

https://i.postimg.cc/V6KZZfpz/image.png

33.7 or something?have youghot anything to back that up or you just throw numbers in order to big Kimi’s pole up? Nah, Ferrari could be on pole indeed had they not twicked the car upsetting its balance on Friday but to say their car was 2-3 tenths faster than Mercedes would be too much. Way too much. Also makes no sense to say Ferrari had a couple of tenths on anyone whole weekend. They obviously had them on Friday, if we assume all had same fuel load and engine settings. But we know Mercedes completely changed their setup overnight as Kimk said making car much better. It was completely different car In FP3 Kimi put 1:12.720
Which makes his pole lap time of 1:12.051 not that impressive. He only matched his FP3 time in his best and final run in Q2, whereas the track was undeniably a lot faster by that point than in practice. He actually made a big mistake in S3 losing 3 tenths, otherwise he would’ve finished Q2 on top as well, over a tenths up on Max. So, realistically it was Mercedes who had a tenth on red bull driven by faster driver, and 2-3 tenths on Ferrari all Saturday. FP3, Q2 and Q3.

[LM10]

As others improved gradually from practice to qualifying, Ferrari seems to have missed significant improvement. Whether it was not reacting to changing track conditions adequately or something else needs analysis.
Hamilton told that the car felt drastically different in qualifying. Leclerc carried the braking issues he already had in Montreal to Monaco. Doesn’t really help either.

What’s frustrating is that the car could have easily been capable of a front row lockout. No other car put in fast laps as effortlessly as the Ferrari in practice.

Let’s hope for a clean race at least and - with some luck - maybe two drivers on podium.

[Emag]

Any info on Fred? A bit worrying how he just pulled out from the race weekend after a routine checkup. Finger's crossed it's not anything serious.

[Xyz22]

Tough few weekends for Leclerc.
The stuff they changed on the braking system completely killed his confidence. The solution is coming to Spain (according to Leclerc interviews) and considering the timing i guess they will revert to a previous specification.
Right now it looks like a huge mistake considering they had a chance in Monaco, probably the only one of the year.

Brake feeling is probably the most important thing for a driver, unfortunately whatever they changed had a terrible impact on Leclerc.

[Fakepivot]

Any info on Fred? A bit worrying how he just pulled out from the race weekend after a routine checkup. Finger's crossed it's not anything serious.

he is back in the paddock today..

[woocasz]

"According to the announcement, the ADUO could be notified at any time between now and Monday.
A hypothetical ‘delay’ (it is by no means certain that there will be one) would suggest issues not strictly linked to the interpretation of the data, but rather to a more complex picture, including in relation to 2027.
The FIA also has full authority to set or amend the timetable, after which we know that whatever the outcome, there will be some who are not entirely happy"

via Duchessa

[Fakepivot]

this ADUO thing should have announced already, suppose to have been after canada.. that was like 2 weeks ago..

[dans79]

I love Leclerc for going full beans. Ok sometime it bite's back but its ok by me .

Same, loved that final lap. Id rather see this than 'playing it safe'. Though I am not sure it is the smartest thing to do.

it isn't, and Charles proved that a few years back when he hosed his transmission!

[avantman]

I love Leclerc for going full beans. Ok sometime it bite's back but its ok by me .

Same, loved that final lap. Id rather see this than 'playing it safe'. Though I am not sure it is the smartest thing to do.

it isn't, and Charles proved that a few years back when he hosed his transmission!

And another transmission swap this time.

[rifrafs2kees]

Hamilton has burnt his rears already.

[djones]

Hamilton P3 then with that 5 seconds.

[Xyz22]

Mercedes is in another league.

[woocasz]

Charles is not aware that Lewis has a penalty...

[matt_b]

At this point they must box Lewis the moment Charles gets within 5 seconds just to secure the podium and protect against the race finishing behind the SC scenario.