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@startonpole Ayrton Senna should have made a helmet in tribute to Alonso

@DeltaData_ whoever signed off these regs needs to lose their job, this is an absolute joke

This is really embarrassing; it makes no sense; it’s almost sadder than what we’re seeing in Australia. Right now, this product is a complete insult to racing fans.

@JordiCarSeries P16/P22 in their first race as a constructor. A great result to even finish the race distance. Silly comment, what were you expecting?

I thought Cadillac was going to be last but I didn’t expect them to be this bad 😭😭😭

@m3etre @SwannyHypno @formularacers_ @lastwordonsport It very clearly states software, homologation is in reference to the engine (hardware) itself

@SwannyHypno @formularacers_ @lastwordonsport They’re forced to sell them the exact same spec they’re using as there is only one homologation. That’s clarified in the technical regulations. This post is just bs. Only differences are parts not bought by Mercedes such as the McLaren Gearbox or Oil etc if customer preferres it

@MakeitmetalMel @V3RLEC A win also counts as a podium

@V3RLEC 198 out of 233 races won or on the podium is beyond insane. Untouchable

HOW MANY PODIUMS⁉️⁉️⁉️

@leclercsletters @jucerasoli To be completely fair, there were many races last year were the poleman had to wait a ridiculously long time for the rest of the grid to slot in, 5s isn’t the end of the world. There needs to be a minimum car length gap ahead or something.

in this test, that had 5s added to the normal starting procedure, the poleman had to wait 40 seconds so that the drivers in the last spots had 13 seconds to get the turbo going. now they'll wait and see if this worked or not... [@jucerasoli]

@gurt___yo_ah Wtf are you talking about ☠️

This the type of money shift your Dad would DISOWN you for if you tried it in his Mustang 😭😭😭 10 gearboxes a season.🔥🔥🔥🔥

@the_pieface 1:29.841 was the pole time here last year, Charles was 1.34.273 which is +4.4s; on mediums, with a considerable amount of lico, with an unknown fuel load. I imagine the pole time here will be in the 1.31s - bit of an overreaction, give these cars a chance.

If you told me this was F2 I’d probably believe you.

@dr_obbs Advantage locked in for years?

It's really very interesting to consider the "Why" of this sidepod. While cool to look at, there is a very distinct reason that this sort of a shape was chosen. It's an interesting combination of two aero philosophies from the previous regulation set. Once I get a bit more time to put my thoughts together (and after the work day), you will get an aero analysis from me.

@Achyuth_15 @simscircuit They’re ~10s faster on the first day of preseason testing as the F2 cars were around this track last year in qualifiying.

@simscircuit His comments about being slower than gp2(f2) makes sense. Might be a bit extreme as it is always with lh but definitely way slower than GE era.

'Thats not what racing is about.' says Sir Lewis Hamilton while speaking on the new regulations: "If you look at Barcelona, for example, we're doing 600 metres lift and coast on a qualifying lap. That's not what racing is about. Here (in Bahrain), we're not having to do that because there's lots of braking zones." "The low gears that we have to go down into is just because we can't recover enough battery power. We can't recover enough battery power, so that's why we have to go and rev the engines very, very, very high. So we're going down to second and first in some places just to try to recover that extra bit of power." [via BBC]

@RocTheJetsFan Why tf would you even consider that

So is this going to get voided or???

@formularacers_ @Auto_Racer_it Marlboro is back👍

🚨 | NEW: There will reportedly be a "pleasant surprise" with the 2026 Ferrari livery. [@Auto_Racer_it]

@J0nesToChina Trinidad Chambliss you are a New York Jet

When’s the last time a player destroyed their draft stock in a single game like Dante Moore is doing rn

@cytrusf1 No need to have so many average drivers, Tsolov and McLaughlin look the real deal, this is good

RedBull is sponsoring only 4 F2/3 drivers this year, a record low for the brand

@formularacers_ Mercedes, Honda, RBPT, Audi, Ferrari

Predict how these engines will perform (best to worst) in 2026: 🇩🇪 Audi 🇮🇹 Ferrari 🇯🇵 Honda 🇩🇪 Mercedes 🇦🇹 Red Bull Powertrains

@l4ndowecanbewdc Average Norris fan

@notracingpoint Because Kyalami is not a grade 1 circuit, hopefully we will see it on the calendar by 2029.

With Portimao joining the F1 calender for 2027, we will likely never see Lewis Hamilton race in Africa💔 Such a shame man.....

@Usa_Iamsaga @Hawk9248 If a driver has been in the sport for 4 years and can't understand a car purely because they didn't get 1.5 days of preseason testing it says more about them. Also during the 3 month offseason they are restricted on testing the car, only for media days which is normally 50km.

@darraghR6 @Hawk9248 You might be new to F1, and you might not understand that getting promoted early on isn't just about the two previous races, but the three-month offseason to get to know the car – from December to February. And please stop talking about Honda.

Perhaps if Horner had been sacked before the season, Yuki would have been promoted from the first race thanks to Mekies, he would have understood the Red Bull car much earlier and would not have crashed at Imola, he would not have had to drive a different car for half of the second half of the season, and he could have helped Max much more, just like in Qatar. Nevermind.

@Usa_Iamsaga @Hawk9248 1.What is your source of Lawson being a pay driver, $2m is nothing in terms of F1/what notable sponsors does he have? 2.Yuki stayed around at redbull for so long because of the partnership with Honda that is evident as what other driver has stayed in the junior team for 4 years?

@darraghR6 @Hawk9248 Who doesn't have sponsors? Even liam need to find two million dollars to stay in F1. But he probably won't be there next year anyway. His skill isn't what Yuki had, who stayed for so long because Yuki also got skill. Do you think Calapinto is in Formula 1 because?🤑

@rubyxln4 Didn’t have the fastest car since R10/R11

Verstappen had the fastest car in 2024 and finished only 14 points ahead of Lando this year…and that’s with just 1 DNF, compared to Lando’s 3 DNFs and 1 DSQ…