2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[MattLightBlue]

This is the only team thread in which there are one driver fans trolling. Wtf

[Dee]

Leclerc said himself that they had found the solution for the brakes BUT HE DIDN'T want to use it in Monaco. Its completely on him what happened.

It's not a "Solution". It's just using what Hamilton has. He didnt' want it for Monaco because he probably think it makes him slower on his best track. If he is going to be on Hamilton's setup going forwards...

Exactly, if it makes him slower, he doesn't want to use it but its weird that with the new upgrades, that the brakes do not work for Charles in the configuration he like to drive the car in.

[edu2703]

Ferrari needs a lot more than 2 tenths.

Honestly, I don't think even a miracle from an ADUO will make Ferrari better than Mercedes. Closing the gap is a possibility, but Mercedes is in a different league, and today it was proven their advantage isn't just the engine.

Well, I mean, their advantage is Kimi no? George was not winning it at at any time today.

I don't think we'll be relying on Russell's bad luck for much longer. Once he gets the hang of the car, it's going to be a 1-2 festival for Merc until the end of the season.

[matt_b]

Monaco is the most unique track on the calendar so I wouldn't worry about the race pace, Mercedes where nowhere in 17/18/21 yet fought for the Championship on all three occasions.

[OverheatedTurbo]

I think this championship is over.

[venkyhere]

Brakes not working, driver mistakes, errors in quali ---- they are all part of F1 racing.
Knowing that lead car has a 5s penalty, not informing the same to the second car following closely behind, and then deciding to 'maintain same order' by penalty serving the lead car and double stacking the second car --> well that's cruel. Simply cruel. It's not as if having older tyres is going to pose any huge disadvantage on restarts or pose a risk of being overtaken in green flag conditions. Also, it's not as if Hamilton had the pace to challenge Antonelli anyway, to warrant keeping him in front. There is no excuse. Ferrari just Ferrari-ed LeClerc. He himself isn't making a case for himself to argue his case in post-race meetings, by making mistake after mistake.

[AR3-GP]

Hamilton said they lack downforce. It's surprising to me considering they have this blown exhaust system which imo is worth quite a bit. What does next year look like without that system? It feels like they are having to start from square one whereas as the other teams did not base their concepts on the flick tail exhaust system.

[Fakepivot]

Brakes not working, driver mistakes, errors in quali ---- they are all part of F1 racing.
Knowing that lead car has a 5s penalty, not informing the same to the second car following closely behind, and then deciding to 'maintain same order' by penalty serving the lead car and double stacking the second car --> well that's cruel. Simply cruel. It's not as if having older tyres is going to pose any huge disadvantage on restarts or pose a risk of being overtaken in green flag conditions. Also, it's not as if Hamilton had the pace to challenge Antonelli anyway, to warrant keeping him in front. There is no excuse. Ferrari just Ferrari-ed LeClerc. He himself isn't making a case for himself to argue his case in post-race meetings, by making mistake after mistake.

he knew about penalty, both him and race engineer was talking about the distance

[Darth-Piekus]

With all that Hamilton must be 2nd in the standings

[rifrafs2kees]

Hamilton said they lack downforce. It's surprising to me considering they have this blown exhaust system which imo is worth quite a bit. What does next year look like without that system? It feels like they are having to start from square one whereas as the other teams did not base their concepts on the flick tail exhaust system.

The flick-up tail is no performance differentiator; it's removal won't change overall concept.

[Dee]

I think this championship is over.

I do not think this at all.

Ferrari are bringing a massive upgrade to the car in Barcelona, Vasseur has always said Spain was going to be the turning point. Then you have the engine upgrade in July with 14 races to go..

Kimi and Merc were not 20 to 40 seconds ahead of Ferrari here, Lewis was told to slow down. I feel like they knew they couldn't overtake and decided to protect the engine.

Lewis was 10 seconds behind Kimi in Canada
Charles was 15 seconds behind Kimi in Japan
Charles was 15 seconds behind George in Australia

The upgrades they say will bring 0.2 per lap, the engine will bring another 0.2, then we will see what shakes out all the way to the end.

Max nearly came back from over 100 points down due to how many races there are in these regs...

[rifrafs2kees]

Brakes not working, driver mistakes, errors in quali ---- they are all part of F1 racing.
Knowing that lead car has a 5s penalty, not informing the same to the second car following closely behind, and then deciding to 'maintain same order' by penalty serving the lead car and double stacking the second car --> well that's cruel. Simply cruel. It's not as if having older tyres is going to pose any huge disadvantage on restarts or pose a risk of being overtaken in green flag conditions. Also, it's not as if Hamilton had the pace to challenge Antonelli anyway, to warrant keeping him in front. There is no excuse. Ferrari just Ferrari-ed LeClerc. He himself isn't making a case for himself to argue his case in post-race meetings, by making mistake after mistake.

he knew about penalty, both him and race engineer was talking about the distance

Don't waste your time with him. Just look up his posts and you'll know the motivation behind his posts.

[woocasz]

Charles: “It’s not that I don’t have control, it’s that it’s impossible to have control; the brakes are on/off and that’s been my problem for the last two races. Once again, we have a solution and Lewis went down that route three or four races ago. It was just undriveable for me today. ”

Charles: "The tarmac? No, I’d seen it – that’s not the problem. I’ve just had it confirmed by the data (the brakes). I’m not the sort to make excuses for myself, and I’m the first to admit when I’ve messed up. But right now, I’m at a loss for words; I don’t really want to talk because I’m afraid I might be a bit too harsh, but it’s unacceptable – the brake issues I’ve had in Canada and here make the car virtually undriveable. Today, I set the brakes to 4/5 bars; that’s barely touching the brakes, I can’t go any lower than that, and the rear brakes didn’t work at all. It’s been like this for the last two weekends."

this team is f*cking JOKE!!

[AR3-GP]

Hamilton said they lack downforce. It's surprising to me considering they have this blown exhaust system which imo is worth quite a bit. What does next year look like without that system? It feels like they are having to start from square one whereas as the other teams did not base their concepts on the flick tail exhaust system.

The flick-up tail is no performance differentiator; it's removal won't change overall concept.

The entire rear end was reshaped for that system from the aero parts to the position of the drive shaft. They got FIA approval months in advance. They put a cap on their exhaust that sacrifices engine power. The rest of the paddock scrambled to run cheap imitation on the back of their car. The finally decided to ban it before it got out of hand.

"it's not a performance differentiator"

[dans79]

Hamilton said they lack downforce. It's surprising to me considering they have this blown exhaust system which imo is worth quite a bit. What does next year look like without that system? It feels like they are having to start from square one whereas as the other teams did not base their concepts on the flick tail exhaust system.

other teams have upgrades already, Ferrari get's theirs next week.