2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[jurinius]

A snappy Ferrari with 1.16.3 time at Barcelona is always good to take. Enjoyable as SLH said.

[Rodak]

The opposite is true. Weaker manufacturer could sacrifice 2026 to activate the ADUO and have a much better engine in 2027.

Very unlikely. Only Honda or Audi could do that. The others have multiple teams and either collude or won’t be able to.

Do the FIA not have the ability to test the power of an engine on a dyno or similar facility?

All cars are equipped with FIA mandated torque sensors on the driveshafts, so it should be easy to measure power.

[sucof]

People, this is just the first test, and NONE of the teams ran their car that will be in Melbourne.
Some teams will be a lot faster till then. Most teams did not use the engines to the fullest.
Just simply understand and accept this, thinking about who is fastest just makes no sense at this moment.
Perhaps in the last test, we might say, the slowest teams might be among the slowest, and the fastest among the fastest. Perhaps...
Just enjoy seeing the new developments at the next test

[Space-heat]

If they are lower in power then the ADUO kicks in and they'll be allowed to develop even homologated parts after races 6, 12 and 18 the determination is made.

How does development work here? Will teams only be allowed to start developing an engine update after being granted the ADUO, or are the teams allowed to continually develop the engines, and the ADUO allows them to bring developed improvements?

[ScuderiaLeo]

Do we know if Ferrari ran the new 2026 Shell fuel?

[AR3-GP]

If they are lower in power then the ADUO kicks in and they'll be allowed to develop even homologated parts after races 6, 12 and 18 the determination is made.

How does development work here? Will teams only be allowed to start developing an engine update after being granted the ADUO, or are the teams allowed to continually develop the engines, and the ADUO allows them to bring developed improvements?

Under normal circumstances, engine parts will be frozen after March 1st until the end of 2026. A subset of the engine components (piston, cylinder) will be eligible to be re-homologated at the start of 2027, 2028, 2029.

If a manufacturer qualifies for ADUO during one of the qualification periods (Rd 6, rd 12, rd 18), they would be able to introduce a new engine homologation as early as Rd 7, rd 13 or rd 19 depending on when they qualify for ADUO. PU between 2% and 4% gets 1 new homologation. Greater than 4% gets 2 additional homologations. The ADUO also grants additional budget and dyno hours above the standard allocation. Some teams may choose to introduce an update right away based on their existing development time. Others may choose to wait and utilize the extra resources to maximize the performance added to the new homologation.

[deadhead]

Do we know if Ferrari ran the new 2026 Shell fuel?

We do not

[Badger]

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking Ferrari 4th based on paddock info, said the car looked a handful. They did a lot of mileage and had competitive times as far as we know. Were they glory runs? Were they one of the teams not using the real fuel yet?

[venkyhere]

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking Ferrari 4th based on paddock info, said the car looked a handful. They did a lot of mileage and had competitive times as far as we know. Were they glory runs? Were they one of the teams not using the real fuel yet?

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking, period.
Why ? with what tools ?
The channel is worse than netflix, sometimes.

[Badger]

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking Ferrari 4th based on paddock info, said the car looked a handful. They did a lot of mileage and had competitive times as far as we know. Were they glory runs? Were they one of the teams not using the real fuel yet?

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking, period.
Why ? with what tools ?
The channel is worse than netflix, sometimes.

Talking to people in the paddock, team members.

[the EDGE]

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking Ferrari 4th based on paddock info, said the car looked a handful. They did a lot of mileage and had competitive times as far as we know. Were they glory runs? Were they one of the teams not using the real fuel yet?

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking, period.
Why ? with what tools ?
The channel is worse than netflix, sometimes.

If you’d watched the video you’d know it was all just a bit of fun content . They made that quite clear

Why should they not do this? Sky is after all in the entertainment business, No one is taking it seriously because everyone knows it’s way too early to have any real idea

[sucof]

Do we know if Ferrari ran the new 2026 Shell fuel?

We do not

Somebody shall sneak in to the test and just smell the air

[Juzh]

If they are lower in power then the ADUO kicks in and they'll be allowed to develop even homologated parts after races 6, 12 and 18 the determination is made.

How does development work here? Will teams only be allowed to start developing an engine update after being granted the ADUO, or are the teams allowed to continually develop the engines, and the ADUO allows them to bring developed improvements?

Under normal circumstances, engine parts will be frozen after March 1st until the end of 2026. A subset of the engine components (piston, cylinder) will be eligible to be re-homologated at the start of 2027, 2028, 2029.

Similar restrictions played out so well in 2014 they decided to bring it back again. Incredible really.

[bluechris]

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking Ferrari 4th based on paddock info, said the car looked a handful. They did a lot of mileage and had competitive times as far as we know. Were they glory runs? Were they one of the teams not using the real fuel yet?

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking, period.
Why ? with what tools ?
The channel is worse than netflix, sometimes.

Sky? Remind me the last time they said a good word for a team outside UK.

[sucof]

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking Ferrari 4th based on paddock info, said the car looked a handful. They did a lot of mileage and had competitive times as far as we know. Were they glory runs? Were they one of the teams not using the real fuel yet?

Bit strange that Sky Sports is ranking, period.
Why ? with what tools ?
The channel is worse than netflix, sometimes.

Sky? Remind me the last time they said a good word for a team outside UK.

Yes. Nowadays they even noticed people are fed up with the F1 media generally UK biased, as they claimed it is not the case.
I just wonder then, if it would be different if suddenly the main F1 media channels would be from France or Germany or wherever. You can bet it would be different.
It would be nice to have a neutral take on everyone.