2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[sucof]

If the team are officially saying around 8, it’s probably more like 18.

I agree with the idea that the numbers are surely not true. It is every teams interest to not to share correct numebrs and to downplay their own performance.

[dans79]

Even if the numbers were 100% true, the effect would be greater than than what's reported.

[Jambier]

It is a joke right ?
We expect something like 30hp to be meaningful

[sucof]

It is a joke right ?
We expect something like 30hp to be meaningful

Well if according to ADUO Ferrari is around 4% behind in ICE performance, then it is about 20HP.
So +30HP sounds a lot more than a minimum to be meaningful right?
10HP would already mean a lot, as it is not only at acceleration using ICE but also at charging.
And add to all these, that Horsepower is a super simplistic measurement in 2026... You have RPM regions which mean a lot more than others, so where you have the plus, matters. You have fuel consumption as a huge factor, same HP but lower consumption is a win too. And its combination as well.
You have the cooling requirements, so if Ferrari has a new ICE that is +5HP in raw performance, but consumes a little less fuel, needs a bit less cooling, then the overall win in laptime is a lot more what 5HP would bring alone.
We will see if they did a good job.

[dans79]

Yep the real world gains are never as simple as a single number.