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@kumarvikash @RBRHub Tbf all the manufacturers except mercedes are eligeble. Theyre engine rtc are just way better than anyone else

Isn't the mention of ADUO, the ultimate red alert....? (ADUO is essentially a technical safety net. If a Power Unit manufacturer is more than 2% off the "Performance Index" of the leader (Mercedes), the FIA allows extra test-bench hours and re-homologation paths to close the gap.) No wonder Max was counting the laps.

🚨 Laurent Mekies: We expect to be among the group that receives ADUO. Laurent Mekies was asked about the possible updates from ADUO, but first addressed the problems at Red Bull - "Regarding the critical aspects: we don't think there is one specific area where there are shortcomings. We think it is across the board. It's the chassis, the power unit — it's everything." "It is difficult to assess your performance relative to the competition, especially in the game of energy deployment and such. But to answer your question as directly as possible: we think Mercedes is clearly ahead. And since they are clearly ahead, we expect to be part of the group that receives ADUO." [racingnews365.nl/red-bull-reage…]

@AstonMartinF1 "we do not comment on rumour and speculation." Then what are you doing now?

An update from Lawrence Stroll.

Seemingly some people thought that Red Bull was going to get away with losing every major player on the team (not named Max) in 2 years, and build their own engine in wake of a huge regulation change all at once, and somehow be at the front? I mean I get it, I wish they did better too, but I just feel like this result was so incredibly obvious, even if incredibly disappointing

My post-China thoughts: Congrats to Kimi on both the win, and being F1’s youngest ever pole-sitter. Great job 👏🏾 I’m glad he’s got that out the way, I think he can now look toward giving George a good run in this title fight. Ferrari made that race today. Long may the Lewis/Charles battles continue because without them …😬. I hope that they can find that extra pace needed to fight for wins because there’s only so much we can enjoy battles for 3rd. The novelty of great starts, knowing that Merc will comfortably win out in the end, will wear off quickly. These new chassis/aero regs are actually the only thing we needed for better racing. I think the PU’s *currently* detract from it. Let’s see what solutions come 🤷🏾‍♂️ A tough weekend for the Bulls. Isack did well to recover, and I’m glad he got all those race laps under his belt today after the failure in Oz! The poor starts have been brutal to watch. I love to give my controls engineering buddies a bit of stick, but it really is an art form and I can’t imagine how much more difficult these PU’s make it. Brutal to watch Max go backwards today. This was never going to be an easy year. If you thought that a team would build an incredible factory and design & manufacture a completely faultless PU in four years, and go on to instant success, then you really don’t understand the technical challenge that is F1. As I’ve said previously, if there’s any outfit in the paddock that can make this work, it’s ORBR. It’s a process. We’ve had tough years before, when we do, we dig deep! If Aston have a car that is putting drivers health genuinely at risk, the FIA need to take note. Driver safety is their most important job! Finally, a question for all of you… What race in 2026, if any, will we see all 22 cars start a race from the grid?

@F1JayyUK Its the first engine they made themself, so there always be problems. Thats is just how it is with new engine regulations. Aero and chassis can be fixed, bc it is a development race now and they lost quite a few key figures. It is just the second race of the season.

I honestly don’t want to hear excused from redbull. Merc nailed it. Ferrari are just behind they. It really is a simple case of do a better job.

@mrdemmendaal En hij gaat volgende week NLS 2 rijden, dus dat is positief voor hem.

Nog een geluk dat Max Verstappen geen emoties meer heeft bij de #F1. Anders zou-ie nu goed zuur zijn! #ChineseGP

@SpannersReady Papaya rules🔥🔥🤤😤

@RonaldVording Weet jij toevallig of mclaren de problemen van norris zijn auto nog kunnen oplossen of word het een dns?

Max Verstappen op de grid voor de #ChineseGP #F1

@f1isabadsport Difference is the GE regs still took driver ability into account, the current ones don’t.

@cytrusf1 *Redbull or redbull/ford*

-mercedes -mercedes -ferrari -ferrari -mercedes -mercedes -mercedes -ford -ford -ferrari Give Alpine and McLaren a race or two and they are in front of Ferrari

@cytrusf1 Maybe a precaution, but you never know with the FOM

@GP2_F1 Hard to believe it especially with other outlets reporting it and being said in a public space. They would've censored the reply of Charles radio if that's the case

So F1 uploaded today's press conference to F1TV, with one small detail missing. They EDITED OUT Max's answer; it's nowhere to be found. A pure propaganda move by FOM once again

@reapzz_m @F1BigData Weird. Both redbull drivers and lawson reported the same issue.

@F1BigData George and Kimi said they had no battery energy before starting. How much would this have affected the start?

🚨RACE START | TIME FROM 0 TO 200 KM/H Charles Leclerc: 5.242s George Russell: 5.911s

@Szenzo88 Magnussen would be really screwed if he was still in F1 with these regs

??? what the fuck are these regs bro what do you mean you have to retire from front wing damage???

@mojo3301 @dr_obbs The williams car is a fat fuck Alpine is alpine Mclaren as a customer team will never fully utilise the PU in comparism to a works team who can built the chassis and engine in unison whereas mclaren has to make compromises. Also mclaren had some energy deployment isues in qualie.

@dr_obbs how is it possible that mcl or other costumer teams are so far behind with the same PU?

George and Toto are damn liars. 😂😂 that PU is mega.

@SmhHeist @F1GuyDan No, staff got relocated to other departments within the company and i guess they were satisfied with their new place and didn't want to move back

@F1GuyDan So did the best of Honda go to RBPT

🚨 These are some really interesting comments from Adrian Newey: • Honda re-entered F1 with roughly 30% of their original team • Many members of Honda now are fresh to F1 • Aston Martin only really became aware of Honda's inexperienced team LAST NOVEMBER

@denkmit And f1 has @f1multiviewer who gives you even more data to watch the race with

Meanwhile, MotoGP Videopass still doesn’t have HD onboards

@MotorsportiveHQ *Rbpt power unit or rbpt-ford power unit*

🚨 RED BULL ADMIT THEY ARE NOT THE FASTEST HEADING INTO 2026 👉 Team principal Laurent Mekies: "We trail Mercedes, Ferrari, and McLaren." New Ford power unit surprises with reliability in testing. Set for a tightly contested season opener.

@yelistener Why are you calling it the ford engine? Its a rbpt/ford or redbull/ford. Ford entered when the engine was already 2 years in development.

@formula_centric @jeroenscholte50

Formula 1 test a standing start, fair to say it didn't go according to plan... #F1 #Formula1