Starting with the WEC, because Spa qualifying happened and we have actual hard data now: Antonio Fuoco put the 499P in P8 at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, which Italian reporting bluntly describes as Ferrari's solitary bright spot from the session. Peugeot took their first-ever WEC pole — Malthe Jakobsen, 43ms clear of Cadillac-Jota, 78ms over Alpine in P3. Toyota, widely expected to be a factor, disappointed. P8 is obviously not the target after that encouraging P2 at Imola, but endurance racing rewards composure over grid position. Ferrari has the outright pace to be in the fight; they just have more work to do in traffic off the line and in the early stint management. Worth watching how aggressively the 499P pushes in the first stint with that much track to make up.

On the regulatory front, there's a development that lands squarely in Ferrari's PU planning room: following a post-Miami meeting, teams and manufacturers have agreed in principle to abandon the 50/50 thermal/electric power split that was the defining architecture of the 2026 regs. The ICE gets a power bump and a higher fuel flow allowance for 2027. Think about that timeline — 3 pre-season tests, 4 races, and the fundamental philosophy of the engine formula is already being renegotiated. That's not a tweak, that's an admission. For Ferrari, who've been quietly engaged with the FIA on future engine formats (Vigna flagged the V8 conversation just this week), this regulatory fluidity is less a disruption and more an opening. The ground is soft enough to shape something, rather than simply build to someone else's spec.

And then there's this: Lewis Hamilton was spotted cruising Miami in a classic Ferrari Testarossa during race weekend. No agenda, no press obligation — just the man, the vintage Prancing Horse, and South Beach. He's made no secret of his affection for the road car brand since crossing the garage divide, but there's something specifically wonderful about that particular image. The tifosi are, predictably and correctly, delighted.