Race wins or a title charge? How high will Ferrari fly in 2026?
The Race F1 Podcast
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
While Mercedes has dominated the early stages of the 2026 F1 season, Ferrari has been a consistent thorn in its side. So what chances are there of the Prancing Horse being able to close the gap in time to get into title contention, and what tracks might it have a chance of being able to beat the Silver Arrows?
On the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast, Edd Straw is joined by Scott Mitchell-Malm and Josh Suttill to answer those questions and many more submitted by The Race Members' Club.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | The Races |
| 0:02.7 | The race is on, and while Mercedes has dominated the early stages of the season, Ferrari |
| 0:17.1 | has been able to cause it some problems. |
| 0:19.3 | So what chances are there of it being able to close the gap in time to get into title contention? |
| 0:24.1 | And at what tracks might it have a chance of being able to beat the Silver Arrows? |
| 0:28.4 | I'm Ed Strawer and joining me to answer those questions and many more. |
| 0:31.6 | I'm Edgallm and Josh Suttle. |
| 0:35.4 | Well, today we're going to take questions from our listeners, specifically members of the |
| 0:40.6 | Race Members Club. |
| 0:42.1 | And remember, we've got a 90% off your first month special offer. |
| 0:45.6 | More on that later in the podcast. |
| 0:47.7 | But let's pile straight into it with Scott and Josh. |
| 0:50.9 | So, Scott, the first question for you from Dylan Clifford, is there enough evidence |
| 0:55.1 | so far to suggest that Ferrari have the best chassis? Could we see the Ferrari potentially being |
| 1:00.0 | the car to beat at tracks such as Hungary? Well, George Russell wouldn't like the premise of that |
| 1:05.1 | question. He's quite adamant that Mercedes has also built the best car, not just the best |
| 1:09.8 | engine. But the problem of answering it |
| 1:12.9 | definitively is the weird way that they have to drive the cars in qualifying. So I don't really think |
| 1:20.3 | we can say with any certainty over the first two qualifying sessions that we've seen the very |
| 1:24.9 | best of all the cars in the corners, which would be where I would |
| 1:28.8 | make the judgment to answer this question and say who's got the best chassis. What I would say is |
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