[Saba Sports News] After Ferrari completed the first test run of the SF-26 at the Fiorano track, a video of a car being pushed back to the garage after stopping on the track quickly spread on social media, raising concerns about the new car’s reliability. However, Charles Leclerc promptly clarified that Ferrari did not encounter any significant issues during the test and that the so-called stopping footage was merely part of a pre-planned process.
Leclerc pointed out that the primary objective for the day was to check the vehicle’s condition and ensure there were no structural or systemic risks, which was successfully achieved. According to the schedule, Ferrari officially launched the SF-26 last Friday and conducted test runs at their Fiorano track. Lewis Hamilton was the first to drive the new car, completing the initial mileage before Leclerc took over. Due to restrictions on the demonstration day limiting the single vehicle’s distance to within 15 kilometers, the team needed to be meticulous with every meter traveled. It was in this context that Hamilton and Leclerc parked near the garage, where technicians pushed the car back to the pit area to maximize the use of the limited testing distance.