2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[CouncilorIrissa]

Almost a second quicker than McLaren on the first C3 stint (compared to Piastri's from earlier) with a much longer stint.

A few tenths behind Mercedes though.

[Luscion]

From Lewis' onboard lap that they showed the car looks pretty stable

[SoulPancake13]

For those who care, Mercedes said George's morning stint was 26 seconds slower than Leclerc's race sim yesterday in the afternoon.

[Peter Ian Staker]

They can ban recharching without brakes. It would mean you don't harvest at end of straights until you hit the brakes. They couldn't recharge 8.5 MJ per lap and would be slower overall but if everyone hates this they could do it.

The energy calculus on these cars seems so marginal with no mgu-h and no front end regen I don't think they can afford to lose any more recharging.
The real solution would be to reduce the allowed electric power like it was proposed last year. Sure we wouldn't have them shooting like a bullet out of the corner like they seem to do now but at least it would require less underdriving on the entry and middle of the corners.

[sucof]

Almost a second quicker than McLaren on the first C3 stint (compared to Piastri's from earlier) with a much longer stint.

A few tenths behind Mercedes though.

Oh cool then, that is how much Lewis is slower anyways... The Ham factor!!

[SoulPancake13]

First "problem" after like 300 laps here and 700 laps in Barcelona.

[Luscion]

Hams long runs

Softs

1:39.670
1:40.098
1:39.645
1:39.186
1:39.324
1:39.618
1:39.472
1:39.918
1:40.372
1:40.786
1:39.999
1:40.092
1:41.089
1:40.833
1:41.272
1:41.517

Mediums
1:37.358
1:37.346
1:37.483
1:38.142
1:37.281
1:37.154
1:38:0
1:37:544
Timing Died



Hards
1:38.955
1:38.568
1:38.797
1:38.776
1:38.468
1:39.152
1:39.010
1:38.591
1:38.967
1:39.119
1:38.926
1:38.906
1:38.879
1:39.060
1:38.972
1:39.543
1:39.103

[Emag]

For those who care, Mercedes said George's morning stint was 26 seconds slower than Leclerc's race sim yesterday in the afternoon.

At the moment Ferrari looks a lot like McLaren looked last year. They set effortless quick laptimes on low fuel and they have one really impressive race sim in Charles Leclerc yesterday (but Lewis' run today was not too shabby either).

If it weren't for all these engine shenanigans, I don't see why you wouldn't put Ferrari as the leading team at the moment.

[jumpingfish]

We shouldn't trust a single word coming from the Mercedes camp and their customers. They'll theatrically lament and throw ashes on their heads, as if everything is lost and Aston Martin, Audi, and Cadillac are way faster than them. I wish Vasseur would put much more pressure on Mercedes representatives through the media, not missing an opportunity to do so in every interview.

Now regarding the recent testing: it looks good, even unusual, that on forum no over-excitement or inflated expectations, nor any gloomy predictions that it's time to switch resources to 2027 season. If this Ferrari single engine really did pass both Barcelona and Bahrain tests without any issues, then I hope we can squeeze out a little more h.p. during the season without any reliability concerns.

[SoulPancake13]

For those who care, Mercedes said George's morning stint was 26 seconds slower than Leclerc's race sim yesterday in the afternoon.

At the moment Ferrari looks a lot like McLaren looked last year. They set effortless quick laptimes on low fuel and they have one really impressive race sim in Charles Leclerc yesterday (but Lewis' run today was not too shabby either).

If it weren't for all these engine shenanigans, I don't see why you wouldn't put Ferrari as the leading team at the moment.

IMO Kimi's race run this afternoon was very strong, I believe better than both Leclerc and Hamilton's yesterday? We will see of course, I am happy that the base of the car seems good and we seem overall reliable. Some more upgrades next week and before Melbourne and maybe they just might be the leading car.

[ToffeeTyres]

Hoping the stoppage was just a sensor issue and nothing else. Didn’t sound Mechanical. If it’s true they used same engine for the shakedown and here. That is impressive. Car looks smooth and balanced I just hope the battery deployment and regen is good but I’m sure as the season goes on clever people will implement some good software for it as will most teams. So far it’s looking good no major issues

[Luscion]

Hoping the stoppage was just a sensor issue and nothing else. Didn’t sound Mechanical. If it’s true they used same engine for the shakedown and here. That is impressive. Car looks smooth and balanced I just hope the battery deployment and regen is good but I’m sure as the season goes on clever people will implement some good software for it as will most teams. So far it’s looking good no major issues

They just ran out of fuel, Fred confirmed it

[f1316]

Hams long runs

Softs

1:39.670
1:40.098
1:39.645
1:39.186
1:39.324
1:39.618
1:39.472
1:39.918
1:40.372
1:40.786
1:39.999
1:40.092
1:41.089
1:40.833
1:41.272
1:41.517

Mediums
1:37.358
1:37.346
1:37.483
1:38.142
1:37.281
1:37.154
1:38:0
1:37:544
Timing Died



Hards
1:38.955
1:38.568
1:38.797
1:38.776
1:38.468
1:39.152
1:39.010
1:38.591
1:38.967
1:39.119
1:38.926
1:38.906
1:38.879
1:39.060
1:38.972
1:39.543
1:39.103

The stint on the mediums in the middle seems particularly strong (if quite short) - I haven’t noticed consistent 37s from any other sims I’ve seen.

P.S. apparently Charles’ was 28 secs faster than George’s - but who’s counting! Tbh I do think time of day is a major factor anyway

[ToffeeTyres]

Hoping the stoppage was just a sensor issue and nothing else. Didn’t sound Mechanical. If it’s true they used same engine for the shakedown and here. That is impressive. Car looks smooth and balanced I just hope the battery deployment and regen is good but I’m sure as the season goes on clever people will implement some good software for it as will most teams. So far it’s looking good no major issues

They just ran out of fuel, Fred confirmed it

Good to know. Probably doing a fuel test run it as close to dry as possible to get info. Main thing is the engine is good and has been bullet proof so far especially if it is as rumoured to have been same engine in both here and shakedown. Obviously I don’t think they’ve nor other teams fully opened the taps on the cars yet but it’s looking good for us so far being reliable

[SoulPancake13]

Hams long runs

Softs

1:39.670
1:40.098
1:39.645
1:39.186
1:39.324
1:39.618
1:39.472
1:39.918
1:40.372
1:40.786
1:39.999
1:40.092
1:41.089
1:40.833
1:41.272
1:41.517

Mediums
1:37.358
1:37.346
1:37.483
1:38.142
1:37.281
1:37.154
1:38:0
1:37:544
Timing Died



Hards
1:38.955
1:38.568
1:38.797
1:38.776
1:38.468
1:39.152
1:39.010
1:38.591
1:38.967
1:39.119
1:38.926
1:38.906
1:38.879
1:39.060
1:38.972
1:39.543
1:39.103

The stint on the mediums in the middle seems particularly strong (if quite short) - I haven’t noticed consistent 37s from any other sims I’ve seen.

P.S. apparently Charles’ was 28 secs faster than George’s - but who’s counting! Tbh I do think time of day is a major factor anyway

The user put this in a weird order (no offense). Lewis went S - H - M. Hard stint was consistent which is good - Kimi's was pretty decently faster. Medium stint we had live timing go out, but Lewis ended it roughly in the mid/high 1.38s.