Ferrari Gains Two ADUO Engine Upgrades in Fia F1 Engine Review
Ferrari is set to have extra engine upgrades after the fia f1 engine review found a 4 to 6 per cent power deficit. The ADUO analysis gave the team two extra upgrades each this season and next season, a rare edge it will use as engine performance moves back to the front of the rulebook.
Gualtieri’s Ferrari plan
Enrico Gualtieri is leading Ferrari’s aggressive evolution strategy to close the gap. The team had been opposed to the new power-ratio plans, but it already had a plan of attack ready behind the scenes and is now rolling out changes designed to virtually eliminate the deficit.
The undercut on performance is not minor. Mercedes was found to have a slight power deficit of just over 2 per cent and received one additional engine upgrade this year and one in 2027, while Red Bull’s engine was deemed the field’s benchmark and is not allowed to introduce any additional upgrades this year.
Austrian Grand Prix timing
Ferrari will introduce the third engine of the season at the Austrian Grand Prix at the end of June. The fourth engine change will come at Monza in September, when it lines up with the second permitted ADUO upgrade. The modifications should yield a gain of about 30 horsepower.
That gain is aimed at tracks that punish engines hardest. Austria, Great Britain and Belgium are described as extremely demanding on the engine and require high energy management, so Ferrari’s update cycle is built around the points on the calendar where raw power and efficiency matter most.
Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari also arrives at this stretch after winning in Barcelona last weekend with Lewis Hamilton. The team now has a clear path for using its extra ADUO allowance, with the next changes tied to Austria and Monza rather than spread randomly across the season.
For Ferrari, the practical takeaway is simple: the deficit is large enough to trigger additional development room, and the schedule for using it is already mapped out. If the upgrades land as planned, the team will carry more power into the engine-heavy races that follow.
