Key Highlights: Charles Leclerc set the fastest times in both Friday practice sessions in Mexico, leading FP1 with a 1m18.128s and FP2 with a 1m17.827s. Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur remains cautious, pointing to extreme altitude, dangerous bumps before Turn 1, and the team’s qualifying drop-off the previous week in Austin. Lewis Hamilton suffered an ...
Key Highlights: Lewis Hamilton experienced a power-related stoppage during Free Practice 2 at the Mexico City Grand Prix, leaving Ferrari engineers to investigate the fault. Ferrari opted not to field a rookie in FP1, using Hamilton to run aerodynamic rakes before the mechanical issue restricted him to 11th in the second session. Team Principal Fred ...
Key Highlights: Charles Leclerc secured a second-place finish for Ferrari at the United States Grand Prix, trailing race winner Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes. Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur believes a minor execution failure in Q3 cost the team a potential race victory at Circuit of the Americas. A late Virtual Safety Car caused by Valtteri ...
Key Highlights: Charles Leclerc secured a second-place finish at the United States Grand Prix after fighting through from fourth on the grid, finishing behind race winner Kimi Antonelli. Ferrari utilized an aggressive two-stop strategy on soft tyres that also propelled Lewis Hamilton to fourth place, closely trailing Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Team Principal Fred Vasseur ...
Key Highlights: Charles Leclerc set the fastest times in both FP1 and FP2 at the United States Grand Prix, narrowly beating Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli. Ferrari introduced an aerodynamic upgrade package covering the floor, diffuser, and sidepod inlets, but Leclerc cautioned that the performance gain is not as large as external perceptions suggest. Ferrari ...
Key Highlights: Ferrari is set to introduce a newly designed floor at the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas as its last major aerodynamic update for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign. The upgrade is engineered to maintain or increase downforce levels while allowing a softer mechanical setup to broaden the SF-26’s operating ...
Key Highlights Lewis Hamilton finished sixth at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix after overruling Ferrari’s instruction to pit under a Virtual Safety Car. Sky Sports F1 analyst Martin Brundle labeled the driver’s choice to run 44 laps on a single set of soft tyres a “bizarre” strategic move. Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur confirmed the ...
Key Highlights: Former Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has firmly shut down persistent rumors linking him to Ferrari, emphasizing that any Formula 1 return requires team equity. Horner defended current Scuderia boss Fred Vasseur while acknowledging that corporate giant Ferrari is never going to sell shares to its team principal. Taking aim at ...
Key Highlights Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has pushed back against claims that Red Bull is now the definitive team to beat in Formula 1. Max Verstappen has taken two consecutive grand prix victories from pole position in Malaysia and Singapore following Red Bull’s Baku upgrade package. Vasseur attributed Verstappen’s Singapore Grand Prix triumph largely ...
Key Highlights: Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur defended the pit wall, confirming that Lewis Hamilton stayed out under the Virtual Safety Car after missing the pit entry rather than executing a team instruction. A grueling 44-lap final stint on soft tyres caused Hamilton to bleed 2.5 seconds per lap to teammate Charles Leclerc, dropping him ...
Key Highlights: Scuderia Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur confirmed Lewis Hamilton overrode a direct pit instruction during a mid-race safety car period at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix. Remaining on degrading rubber cost Hamilton a podium finish, dropping him to sixth after being overtaken late in the race by Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Despite ...
Key Highlights: Lewis Hamilton accepted full responsibility for overriding Ferrari’s strategy call to pit during a crucial Virtual Safety Car period at the Singapore Grand Prix. Remaining on track forced Hamilton into a 44-lap stint on soft tyres, causing him to tumble down the order to finish in sixth position. The strategic error cost Hamilton ...