2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[Fakepivot]

he had traffic.. but ferrari looking good, lets see what happens tomorow, but good friday..

[j_ste]

What we would all give to hear them both say tomorrow “ the car felt fine on Friday and it was even better today!”

[matt_b]

Both drivers were in a lot of traffic during their long runs, it comical looking at the driver tracker, meanwhile Kimi had clean air every lap bar one. Overall a solid day for the team but I know Mercedes will suddenly be up there tomorrow just like Monaco so they need to keep pushing.

[f1Follower]

Is there any race simulation done in FP2. Usually in FP2 teams does race simulation

[SB15]

Is there any race simulation done in FP2. Usually in FP2 teams does race simulation

Leclerc was running similar times to Kimi but that's still scary pace from Kimi is an unbalanced car

[dans79]

Leclerc was running similar times to Kimi but that's still scary pace from Kimi is an unbalanced car
https://preview.redd.it/2026-hungarian- ... 9d58fdf591

Driving an unbalanced car is substantially easier when you are several seconds slower than the car's ultimate capability. We also don't know the fuel load.

[avada]

I always felt he is overhyped, and that the overall team of the engineers and testing, correlating etc, is a lot more forceful entity than one person. And how these people work together is also super important factor.
I think this is what Vasseur said too, and He is probably right. Yet, on top of such a good system a good leader is golden.

I think it's very much necessary to be brilliant and to have an overall understanding of car design.
Newey is pretty much unique these days. He worked as a race engineer, a car designer, he drove cars, and I think he has an overall understanding of mechanics, chassis and aero. So he can be the top engineer keeping a holistic view to great effect.

This is not unique to him, most if not all top engineers in F1 went through the ladder and worked on many aspects of cars and design. This is a trait of most good engineer.
I personally hold Rory Bryne in a much higher regard than Newey, just look at his achievements, you will be surprised. He always tried to stay out of the limelight, and hidden, which speaks about his personality too.
Or Ross Brawn, etc.

I don't think many have deep understanding about multiple aspects of a car. And no-one else has racing experience with cars.
I don't know much about Byrne, other than his cars won for 5 years in a row. And in a less dominant fashion twice in the nineties.
Brawn was last a designer in the 80s I believe. With no particularly successful design that I remember.
But he did manage technical departments well, at Ferrari, and then laying the foundation for Mercedes' success.