Ferrari's SF-26 ran for the first time in full Miami specification at a Monza filming day, debuting a revised Macarena rear wing, new front wing, updated floor and a new set of halo fins. The package is the Scuderia's most serious attempt yet to dent the Mercedes lead.
Ferrari has revealed its full Miami upgrade package on the SF-26 at a Monza filming day, with a revised Macarena rear wing, new front wing, updated floor and a set of halo fins that mirror the concept the FIA previously waved off. The reset is the team's clearest attempt yet to narrow the gap to Mercedes.
Lewis Hamilton has joined a grim Ferrari tradition of world-class drivers reduced to brutal self-criticism on team radio — and pundits are drawing straight lines to Fernando Alonso's most famous McLaren-Honda outbursts.
Lewis Hamilton's first Ferrari season has produced the radio line every Maranello chorus fears: the seven-time champion calling himself useless on the pit-wall. Pundits say the script is older than the SF-26.
Toyota Gazoo Racing's technical director David Floury has revealed how a deliberately aggressive strategy and zero-error execution allowed the TR010 to beat a faster Ferrari 499P at a track where overtaking is almost impossible.
A little-discussed FIA engine-regulation tweak due to arrive before the Monaco Grand Prix has quietly become one of the most-watched technical questions of the 2026 season — and Ferrari, according to one prominent analyst, is the team with the most to gain.
Ferrari's 2026 challenger has been overshadowed by Mercedes in every public metric — race pace, qualifying pace, engine deployment. But according to F1's own technical analysis, the SF-26 is hiding a floor innovation no other team on the grid has yet dared to copy.
Charles Leclerc has offered the most specific technical explanation yet of Ferrari's deficit to Mercedes in 2026 — not a horsepower number, but a sensitivity to deployment optimisation the Maranello engine 'is a little bit more exposed' to.
Toyota's #8 GR010 Hybrid, in the hands of Sebastien Buemi, claimed a morale-boosting 6 Hours of Imola victory on Sunday, overturning the pole-sitting Ferrari AF Corse of Antonio Giovinazzi through clever strategy and ending a painful home-soil defeat for the Scuderia.
Toyota's #8 TR010 HYBRID of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa delivered a landmark 50th WEC win in the team's 100th hybrid-era race, beating pole-sitter Ferrari at the 2026 Imola season opener in front of a record 92,175 fans.
In a reflective post-China interview, Lewis Hamilton opened up on the scale of his move to Ferrari, the mental toll of last year's struggles, and a swipe at critics he says underestimated him.
When Lewis Hamilton signed for Ferrari he was promised parity with Mercedes and a shot at a record-extending eighth title. Three races into the 2026 season he's openly admitting Ferrari are seven to eight tenths off Mercedes and behind McLaren too — and Charles Leclerc has pinpointed exactly why.
Antonio Giovinazzi delivered Ferrari pole on home soil at the WEC 6 Hours of Imola, beating Toyota's Ryo Hirakawa by just 0.011 seconds in a thrilling Hyperpole shootout that set up a wide-open Hypercar season opener.
Lewis Hamilton says his first Ferrari in 2025 arrived already built — but the 2026 SF-26 is the first he has genuinely shaped, and he has the team group chat to prove it.
Alpine's Charles Milesi set the pace in FP2 at the 6 Hours of Imola ahead of the 2026 WEC opener, narrowly eclipsing Ferrari's Robert Kubica as a grid of 51 Hypercar drivers prepares for a blockbuster season.
Ferrari chairman John Elkann set the tone for Formula 1’s 2026 era at a shareholder meeting in Amsterdam, emphasizing unity after a 2025 season that fell short. He said the team has embarked on the new ruleset with determination, while CEO Benedetto Vigna reaffirmed Ferrari’s aim to win and outlined ambitions through 2030. Early form leaves Ferrari chasing Mercedes as development becomes decisive.
Heading into 2026, Charles Leclerc was openly worried about what the new F1 regulations would deliver. At Suzuka, the Ferrari driver admitted he has been "positively surprised" by the racing — while still pressing hard for qualifying rules that let drivers push to the maximum in Q3.
Fred Vasseur has effectively confirmed Ferrari's power unit development strategy is pinned to triggering the FIA's Additional Design and Upgrade (ADO) allowance — a mid-season rule that hands extra engine development to manufacturers trailing the benchmark.
George Russell maintained his perfect 2026 season record with victory in the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race. Lewis Hamilton secured third place for Ferrari after surviving late-race chaos and safety car drama.
Sky F1 pundit Bernie Collins has broken down Ferrari's radical rotational rear wing, nicknamed the 'Macarena wing', explaining how the 180-degree flip is worth around 5kph at the end of the straight — and why rival teams remain wary of its reliability.
