{"id":368817,"date":"2025-12-24T12:24:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/368817\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T12:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:24:19","slug":"ferrari-delivers-verdict-on-potential-f1-pecking-order-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/368817\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari delivers verdict on potential F1 pecking order in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/tag\/ferrari\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> boss Fred Vasseur has insisted it is \u201cfocused on our project\u201d for the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/series\/single-seater\/formula-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> season, but admitted he has \u201cno clue\u201d how the team will fare.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 season is a step into the unknown for all 11 teams on the grid, as the sport enters a new phase with the introduction of the hotly anticipated new rulebook.<\/p>\n<p>It brings one of the most potentially unpredictable seasons in years, in what is the biggest regulations overhaul since the beginning of the V6 hybrid era in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst this, to some extent, takes the weight of expectations off the top teams, Ferrari will no doubt be feeling the strain, given its woefully underwhelming and win-less 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Vasseur, speaking after the season finale in Abu Dhabi, is aware that all teams are currently in the dark about where its rivals are at with development, but promises <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrari.com\/en-GB\/formula1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Scuderia<\/a> is working hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis I have no clue at all,\u201d he told media including Motorsport Week at the Yas Marina Circuit, when asked if he had any clue as to the other teams\u2019 current progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know perfectly that all sport is a comparison. I can do a good job, if someone did a better job, I look stupid. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that means that we are focused on our project, we are developing our project, we are pushing at the limit, and we are trying to do the best. And for sure, the more time you are spending on the project, the better you will be. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I don\u2019t know if McLaren, Red Bull or Alpine is in front of us. This nobody knows. And I think the most important is not to spend time to try to understand if the others are in front or behind. This we know in Barcelona. I\u2019m not sure, but I would say Australia probably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fred-Vasseur-Ferrari-3-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has revealed that it decided to make the shift to focusing on 2026 as early as April\" class=\"wp-image-231277\"  \/>Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has \u201cno clue\u201d how the team will fare in F1 2026, but believes the first race is not the true indication of where all teams will be <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Classification of Australia\u2019 will not determine 2026 F1 outcome for Ferrari<\/p>\n<p>The pre-season schedule has been extended in 2026, with an initial January test in Barcelona preceding two separate programmes in Bahrain in February.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst this may give an indication of who\u2019s fastest, Vasseur is adamant that it will not be an indicator for the season as a whole, as teams will continue to tinker and develop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd another point is that next year, it won\u2019t be about the first picture of the season. It won\u2019t be all about the classification of Australia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a lot about development and capacity of quick development. And that season won\u2019t be over in Australia for sure, no matter if we are P1 or P10. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it will be a long way until the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/2025\/12\/23\/oliver-bearman-addresses-potential-future-ferrari-f1-drive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Bearman addresses potential future Ferrari F1 drive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has insisted it is \u201cfocused on our project\u201d for the 2026 Formula 1 season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,826,813,816,85,199816],"class_list":{"0":"post-368817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-ferrari","12":"tag-formula-1","13":"tag-formula1","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-vasseur"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}