2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[deadhead]

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...

So is better not to have rear brakes and to be in danger of crashing as we saw with our eyes? Semimeasure or two measure it was the wrong call imo and what happened in the race proves it. At least he had must tried it in an FP.

LEC:

"Today, I look like an idiot, and when you look like an idiot for a mistake of yours, it's fine, but it's borderline dangerous. I will go into Lewis' direction from next race onwards
and that will solve the issues I deal with. Maybe Lewis' configuration will have other
issues but I need consistency at this point."

He will probably have to compromise pace but it's better than whatever he's been dealing with.

[ToffeeTyres]

It’s a shame Ferrari only use Brembo brakes not not a choice with Carbon industries. Lewis has always used Carbon Industry brakes his whole F1 career you would imagine he would be even quicker if he had those. Really hope Ferrari bring a good update it’s so needed be great if we can be in a close battle with Merc

[Jdn1327]

Wonderful news...it seems like Red Bull have the strongest ICE and Mercedes have qualified for 2% according to the AUDO. This is from auto racer. Looks like Ferrari's marker wasn't Mercedes after all.

[matt_b]

merc also get 2% :s ................... cough cough next year is our year

This is better because it means the Mercedes engine is not a dominant as Ferrari feared, so Ferrari just have to bring better upgrades the way Red Bull did last year on McLaren and thus closed a 100 point gap

[Jdn1327]

https://x.com/MercedesAMGPCF1/status/20 ... 0&ref_url=

[edu2703]

RBPT/Ford being the most powerful PU wasn't on my bingo card to be honest.

[Danzo84]

Thats only if mercedes stop developing their car mid season which i cant see happening. Redbull nearly closed that deficit due to developing the car til a couple of races from the end

[AnotherAlex]

the quicker driver finished in P2 and the other one crashed unrelated to brakes and is looking on what to blame

This is true. When they were in clean air on the starting tyre HAM was pulling away. Charles closed in on next tyre but that was just HAM managing the temperatures. Things stabilized after. I am also surprised that Charles wasn't on Lewis' gearbox at a strong Charles track and a relatively weak HAM track.

Why are you surprised? Leclerc has been pretty clear on what the issues have been with his breaks in all the post interviews..

Being slower than Hamilton when having no confidence under breaking is anything but surprising.

It's also not the case that Hamilton was quicker.

The gap was >13 seconds after Leclerc's pitstop.
With his 5 second penalty, Hamilton had every incentive to maintain that, but Leclerc got it down to under 3 seconds in around 20 laps before the safety car.

(That's not meant as any disrespect to Hamilton, and he was clearly the quicker of the two in Canada. As a Ferrari fan, I'm happy to have them both driving for the team.)


What is annoying is when the team make calls during the race that don't appear to have accounted for foreseeable issues:

At this point they must box Lewis the moment Charles gets within 5 seconds just to secure the podium and protect against the race finishing behind the SC scenario.

Perhaps they should follow this forum?
(whilst ignoring all the trolls)

[woocasz]

An energy drink company has produced a better engine than Ferrari...

Enzo is rolling in his grave



PU ≠ ICE
(The conclusion is that Mercedes has a really powerful hybrid system)

[rifrafs2kees]

An energy drink company has produced a better engine than Ferrari...

Enzo is rolling in his grave