Excellent news for Italian Ferrari fans: the Scuderia will head to Monza in April for a filming day.
The aggressiveness of this 2026 Ferrari is widely appreciated, and now comes further confirmation of this new approach from the Prancing Horse: the team will use the long championship break to try to accelerate the development of the SF-26.
After the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, the Formula 1 calendar now features a month-long break (during which potential regulation changes could also be discussed). Maranello has decided to use this period to speed up work on the car.
The SF-26 heads to Monza: here’s why
According to the latest reports from AutoRacer, the Scuderia has scheduled a 200-kilometre filming day at the Monza circuit. As is well known today, these events are no longer just media days, but real opportunities for limited testing, given the reduced on-track development opportunities in the budget cap era.
The goal is to collect crucial data to evaluate and finalise the upgrade package planned for the Miami Grand Prix, where Ferrari aims to introduce a major evolution of the car in order to close the gap to Mercedes.
Team principal Frédéric Vasseur has confirmed that a significant update will arrive in the United States — internally described almost as a “one-and-a-half upgrade package.” In addition to the planned developments for that race, the team is also reportedly recovering upgrades originally intended for Bahrain, now cancelled.
The “Macarena” wing under scrutiny
Among the most closely monitored areas is the much-discussed new “Macarena” wing. Ferrari intends to complete testing to finalise the definitive version of the mobile system. The aim is to bring its introduction forward compared to the original deadline set for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Work will also focus on resolving the hydraulic issues observed in Shanghai, which caused braking balance problems without delivering performance gains.
Finally, and importantly, Monza represents the ideal testing ground to analyse the behaviour of the Power Unit on long straights. At the moment, Ferrari has this opportunity exclusively, as no other filming days are scheduled at the Italian circuit.
Engineers will closely monitor the power delivery (around 350 kW) and especially the superclipping phenomena — one of the most delicate technical aspects of this new generation of cars. Not long ago, concerns were even raised about “potential instability at top speed on Monza’s main straight”.
In short, this is a more aggressive and determined approach, with a clear objective: to catch Mercedes and win a world championship that has been missing from Maranello for far too long.
Photos: Scuderia Ferrari HP
