The Ferrari 488 Pista goes head-to-head with a tuned McLaren 675LT producing over 760 horsepower in a straight-line drag race. This matchup brings together two lightweight, track-focused supercars with very different approaches to performance.

Ferrari are reportedly targeting a former senior McLaren figure to become Lewis Hamilton’s next F1 race engineer. Seven-time world champion Hamilton will have a new race engineer for the upcoming 2026 season after Ferrari confirmed that Riccardo Adami had been moved into a new role within the team’s Academy.

According to Autoracer, McLaren's former Lead Trackside Performance Engineer Cedric Michel-Grosjean will become Hamilton's new race engineer after serving a limited period of gardening leave. Recently, Grosjean has been working on Oscar Piastri's car since the Australian arrived at the team in 2023 from Alpine.

Carlo Santi is essentially filling in as Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer during the test week in Spain, but a final appointment is still pending. There are whispers that this new man or woman has a past at McLaren.

Fred Vasseur is reportedly monitoring the McLaren driver situation as Ferrari consider their 2027 options with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc's futures uncertain

Perhaps more than any other driver, this is the case for F1 legend Hamilton who had the worst season of his career during his first campaign with new team Ferrari. And it appears that Ferrari are willing to make a massive move to help ensure that Hamilton's second season in red is significantly better.

The 2026 Formula 1 season may prove vital for Ferrari and its future. Here's why.