Ferrari System 1 workforce boss Fred Vasseur has revealed the Scuderia will unveil its new 2026 automobile on 23 January, with a shakedown at its Fiorano take a look at monitor.
Automobile launches for 2026’s new regulation period are kicking off sooner than standard given the calls for of F1’s busy pre-season, with three exams scheduled in Barcelona and Bahrain between the top of January and the center of February.
Ferrari chief Vasseur has now introduced the Italian powerhouse will unveil its but to be named 2026 challenger at Fiorano on 23 January with drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton giving the brand new automobile its first mileage with a shakedown.
Vasseur has set “aggressive” targets to develop the 2026 automobile as late as attainable, that means he has pushed again the ultimate meeting till the eve of the Fiorano filming session.
“This will likely be aggressive for certain, as a result of we’ll end the meeting of the automobile the day earlier than the launch,” Vasseur stated at Ferrari’s conventional end-of-year press convention in Maranello.
“The launch would be the twenty third of January in Maranello. It implies that we’ll end the automobile on the twenty second. And that is aggressive, however everyone will do the identical.”
Frederic Vasseur, Ferrari
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When requested what Ferrari’s first automobile of the brand new rules period will likely be referred to as, Vasseur remained tight-lipped: “This will likely be a part of the launch and you’ll uncover it a bit later. I do not wish to spoil everyone and to spoil every part.”
Increasing on Ferrari’s pre-season technique Vasseur says his workforce’s focus is to rack up as many miles as attainable on the Barcelona shakedown on the finish of January, whereas worrying about efficiency objects in a while in Bahrain.
“I believe everyone will do it,” he defined. “On this state of affairs, crucial is to get mileage. It is to not chase efficiency. It is to get mileage to validate the technical selection on the automobile when it comes to reliability. After which to get efficiency. It implies that I believe everyone will are available in Barcelona with – not a mule automobile – however for instance a spec A.
“We aren’t used to having 9 take a look at days anymore. The final 4 or 5 seasons, we did three [days]. It is a bonus, nevertheless it’s additionally a totally completely different program. It implies that the primary goal in this sort of season is to get the reliability.
“The primary races [of the previous power unit change in 2014] you had an enormous proportion of DNFs. It implies that the primary focus in Barcelona will likely be to get mileage with the automobile, to grasp the reliability of the automobile, the place we’ve to enhance and what we’ve to react. As a result of for those who perceive one thing in Bahrain, by the second take a look at, you will not have time to react for Australia.”
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