Ferrari, an engine to improve
In these first three races of the 2026 F1 World Championship, the superiority of the Mercedes power unit over the Ferrari oneadmitted both by the red drivers themselves and by team principal Frederic Vasseur. However, the French manager underlined that the team will not be able to intervene with a new engine for now: “We certainly have a deficit in the straight line, but this is almost frozen until the ADUO arrives“And exactly the ADUO – the system of developments and updates granted by the FIA based on the gap from the reference power unit – has been the subject of confusion among the red’s drivers. Hamilton stated that “hope for a new engine by Miami“. Leclerc instead ruled out this possibility: “Obviously we can’t bring anything to Miami in terms of the engine, we will focus on the rest“.
Hanging on the ADUO
Between the two Ferrari drivers, the correct observation was the one made by Charles Leclerc. The ADUO is ‘unblocked’ by the FIA and by regulation it must start after the “GP6”. There is an open question on the topic following the defection of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on the calendar. Will GP6 be the one originally planned – i.e. Miami – or the sixth actually held (i.e. Monaco)? Autosprint he also raised the possibility of an intermediate solution, i.e. after Canada – 24 May.
But in Miami Ferrari certainly won’t have a new enginewith all due respect to Lewis Hamilton.
When will the new Ferrari engine arrive?
The wait for Ferrari drivers – and fans – is therefore likely to be quite long. According to the Corriere della Sera the engine”vitaminized“is expected”in mid-June in Barcelona“, or for the Spanish Grand Prix on the weekend of 14-16. So about a third of the way through the season, after the sixth round of the season. Obviously all in theory, waiting for what will be decided on the future of F1 at the meeting between the FIA and the team on April 9th in London.
Meanwhile in Maranello work will be done on the optimization of electricity management through software and algorithms. The hope is to find an improvement already from Miami.
