F1 Today | Ferrari looking to bring updates, and 2026 regulation talk

Faltering Ferrari turn to updates

It was a completely different mood in the Ferrari garage than when Leclerc drove to victory in the principality. Ferrari completely lost the great pace shown in Monaco coming to Montreal, with Leclerc and Sainz both eliminated in Q2, qualifying in 11th and 12th, respectively. However, it got considerably worse for the Italian team, with a double DNF cementing a terrible weekend in Canada.

With the poor performance, the Italian source Form1a.uno believes Ferrari are planning to speed up their upgrade production by several weeks, bringing new parts to improve their pace to the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya instead of at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. After their first updates in Imola, it looked like the Prancing Horse were back to fight at the front of the grid, which they did in Monaco too. They will be hoping these new updates will do the same.

Team bosses talk about '26 regulations

One of the bigger news stories before the Canadian Grand Prix was the new regulations in F have been announced for the 2026 season and onwards. Drivers over the weekend had their say on it, with Max Verstappen seemingly staying positive on the new changes, whereas Fernando Alonso said they are 'unachievable', and Lewis Hamilton saying simulations look 'heavy and slow'.

Team principals over the weekend also had their say on the new '26 regulations that will be brought to F1 and the fact that some of the simulations have projected that the cars will be slower than F2 cars. McLaren boss Andrea Stella said, "The cars are in the draft of the regulations... but there's a lot of work to do – the cars are not fast enough in the corners and too fast in the straights. So these two aspects need to be rebalanced."

Williams team principal James Vowles was asked about the potential of being slower than F2 cars in 2026. The Brit said they are in the simulation, but he was adamant they keep pushing to find the right answers: "It's imperative that we are still the leading series in motorsport. That's how I see us. We are the pinnacle of this. And therefore, as a result of that, we need to make sure that we're maintaining the performance and speed we have."

Formula E and WEC collide once more in 2025

After the Formula E and World Endurance Championships seasons collided for the 2024 season, many drivers were irritated at the clash with the WEC at Spa-Francorchamps and the Formula E taking place in Berlin, which included ex-F1 drivers like Nyck de Vries and Jean-Eric Vergne. However, despite this issue, the schedule for both disciplines has been announced for 2025, and there is yet another collision.

While Formula E will be at the Berlin E-Prix once again in '25, WEC will be on the other side of the world in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the weekend of 12/13 July, meaning drivers will, once again, have to make a decision.

Speaking to GPblog, Robin Frijns, who races in Formula E and WEC, expresses his displeasure at the clash, saying that "nobody wins with this" as drivers will miss out on valuable points. However, Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds responded, saying, "We’ve tried desperately to avoid everything, both sides, and we end up with Interlagos as a clash with the Berlin race. It’s unavoidable for us, so what we are doing is giving plenty of notice to both championships’ teams, both manufacturers and drivers."