Ferrari Method 1 staff 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 observe.
Automotive launches for 2026’s new regulation period are kicking off sooner than ordinary given the calls for of F1’s busy pre-season, with three checks scheduled in Barcelona and Bahrain between the tip 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 doable, which means he has pushed again the ultimate meeting till the eve of the Fiorano filming session.
“This will probably be aggressive for certain, as a result of we are going to end the meeting of the automobile the day earlier than the launch,” Vasseur mentioned 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 all people will do the identical.”
Frederic Vasseur, Ferrari
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When requested what Ferrari’s first automobile of the brand new laws period will probably be known as, Vasseur remained tight-lipped: “This will probably be a part of the launch and you’ll uncover it a bit later. I do not need to spoil all people and to spoil every little thing.”
Increasing on Ferrari’s pre-season technique Vasseur says his staff’s focus is to rack up as many miles as doable on the Barcelona shakedown on the finish of January, whereas worrying about efficiency objects afterward in Bahrain.
“I feel all people will do it,” he defined. “On this state of affairs, an important is to get mileage. It is to not chase efficiency. It is to get mileage to validate the technical alternative on the automobile when it comes to reliability. After which to get efficiency. It implies that I feel all people will are available Barcelona with – not a mule automobile – however for example a spec A.
“We’re not used to having 9 take a look at days anymore. The final 4 or 5 seasons, we did three [days]. It is a bonus, but it surely’s additionally a totally completely different program. It implies that the primary goal in this type 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 probably be to get mileage with the automobile, to grasp the reliability of the automobile, the place now we have to enhance and what now we have to react. As a result of when you 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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