2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[avantman]

I remember the hype post Silverstone 2024. It was very similar to what we see now. Guess what happened after?
On Leclerc side, if he’s not capable of beating a 41 years old post prime Ham convincingly over the season, whereas Button and Rosberg could best prime Hamilton, that means he is simply not good enough. There cannot be any second thoughts about that.

[DGP123]

On Leclerc side, if he’s not capable of beating a 41 years old post prime Ham convincingly over the season, whereas Button and Rosberg could best prime Hamilton, that means he is simply not good enough. There cannot be any second thoughts about that.

A strange post, that means nothing. Leclerc has already beaten Hamilton over a season, like Button & Rosberg did. Those two named, were bang average, one time world champions. This is just a blip that can happen to any driver.

Hamilton got spanked last year, and now he’s in a regulation he likes and has a car he’s comfortable with. That negates age. Hence, the difference in results. Everyone beats everyone at some point over the coarse of a career. It changes, season to season. I’m not sure what point you were trying to make.

[Sidiamal]

I remember the hype post Silverstone 2024. It was very similar to what we see now. Guess what happened after?
On Leclerc side, if he’s not capable of beating a 41 years old post prime Ham convincingly over the season, whereas Button and Rosberg could best prime Hamilton, that means he is simply not good enough. There cannot be any second thoughts about that.

As I recall after Silverstone he was on the podium the race after and then won the one after that. Don't think anyone will be too bothered by that happening again.

[amr]

I wonder if the moderators would consider creating individual drivers topics in the forum where all this discussion on "X is better than Y" could be contained and where every one could sing out loud how great their driver is and how much the other driver sucks.

I feel like the Team topic (and not only Ferrari's topic) is wasted. You need to sifting through piles of .... replies to find any relevant Team info/news/opinion.

[hollus]

I agree and I think it is a pile of man$&@. Nobody comes to THIS forum to read driver yin-yang, but so many seem to come here to write it!
As mentioned above, humans and those pesky emotions.
The issue has been revisited multiple times by the mod team.
Dedicated driver threads descend to hell so quickly and reliably that we now close them before they take off, more often that not. They also did not protect the team threads, but rather spilled animosity into them.
So the compromise was to box the driver stuff to the team threads (and protect the technical subsections). It is often on topic and interesting enough (Ham and his fetish for CI brake pads), but too often just yin-yang, and the line is not easy to draw. Without poster restraint to keep those useable, I am not sure what can be done. The current compromise is clearly not that great. I for sure don’t have enough hammers to keep that Whack-a-Mole game under control.
Maybe time to revisit?

[erudite450]

What do we expect from the team at the Redbull Ring? It's dominated by medium speed corners and those aggressive curbs. The car has been close to the Mercedes in the slow corners but I'm not sure what the verdict is on medium-speed corners.

[amr]

I hope I'm wrong but I feel that the hybrid part will play the biggest part in the performance so I'm expecting Merc powered cars to do good. Maybe the rumored improvements will be true and enough to give the reds a fighting chance.

[edu2703]

What do we expect from the team at the Redbull Ring? It's dominated by medium speed corners and those aggressive curbs. The car has been close to the Mercedes in the slow corners but I'm not sure what the verdict is on medium-speed corners.

Red Bull Ring is a fast circuit with many straights and medium-speed corners. It should give an advantage to Merc-powered cars.

However, there is an engine upgrade for Ferrari, and this track is one of the best to test how well this upgrade addresses the engine power deficiency. If we do well in Austria, it will be a sign the engine upgrade worked and the power gap was reduced, in addition to the aerodynamic updates. It will be the definitive proof that Barcelona wasn't a one-off and Ferrari will be able to fight for the title this season.

[dans79]

For Austria I think it will depend on a few things.

If the new intercooler rumors are real, then that could help Ferrari.
https://scuderiafans.com/ferrari-pushes ... e-package/

According to paddock reports, the updated engine expected to make its debut in Austria will significantly increase the temperature of the intake air entering the intercooler. Current estimates suggest Ferrari could be targeting operating temperatures between 110 and 115 degrees Celsius.

Even if the intercooler doesn't help make any more power, it means they can run less cooling than other teams and that means less drag and more DF. I've seen some photos suggesting Ferrari ran less cooling than the Merc powered teams from Saturday onward in Barcelona, and that was one of the things that helped them. Since Austria is at altitude how much cooling a team needs to run is very important.

Austria's weather is also very unpredictable.
2020 : track temp 53C
2021 : track temp 54C
2022 : track temp 34C
2023 : track temp 31C
2024 : track temp 47C
2025 : track temp 50C

Imo we are to far out to trust weather predictions, but current predictions are calling for some amount of rain every day.
https://www.bbc.com/weather/2764812

If Ferrari has the most DF and it rains that would likely be good for them.


What would be bad Ferrari is cool dry conditions.