Tim Murfin
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So the real question: would you rather have a more exciting qualifying? Or would you rather have more exciting races?
This is Formula 1@ThisIsFormu1a1
🚨| Charles Leclerc warns the new PUs force a safer approach in qualifying — adapt energy use or lose tenths, but race pace can still deliver. #charlesleclerc 🇲🇨 #formula1 #f12026 VIA: [motorsport IT]
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@curlybrownguy It’s adds perspective. I’ve seen bad a good periods, and this is far from the worst era of F1. It’s not perfect yet but at least it’s fun.
The worst era for me was the Schumacher years - races were so dull and he had little competition as even his teammates where hobbled.
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@mrmurfin I asked a question and I did not reject your answer or your opinion and I did not call my self an expert. I just said your since 1970 part does not really add value to your statement.
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Are people actually enjoying this so called F1 “racing”?
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@mrmurfin Good for you, but the since 1970 part does not add more value to your opinion..
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@_Dan_Castell Ferrari spent all last season lifting and coasting!!
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At least DRS didn’t look or sound stupid. Seeing the cars lift and coast into what should be someone of the fastest and most daring corners in the world is awful to see
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I don’t get this ‘artificial’ argument as if we haven’t had DRS for the last 15 years, a tool which artificially affects racing?
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The new regulation allows for more of the movie/DTS ready racing
Which is good for the sport but goes against the spirit of what F1 was all about for the past 75 years
Lets wait and see, I guess the hardcore fans will be off to endurance and F1 will keep growing
Which is fine
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@the_zb_ They can race closer.
They can follow closer.
They can overtake in places they couldn’t before.
Don’t have rose tinted specs on for the ground effect cars. Most passes had to be done with DRS so only at one or two corners. And the cars were massive barges.
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The race played out exactly as expected. And we really need a fast reaction from the FIA and FOM.
The drivers can’t race in these cars, it’s nothing more than position swaps through battery dumps that then get reversed back to how it was unless a driver does an aggressive barge into the other guy. They’re too energy starved for the drivers to do anything but listen to their battery management engineer on where to lift or brake earlier to try and scour a tad more energy to use the overtake button.
George struggled to get past a 7-8 tenths per lap slower Ferrari, and needed a pit stop sequence. In the best car with the best PU by a mile. That’s where we are at.
I don’t recall a single non-lap-1 true racing move overtake - swapping spots temporarily via battery until the battery also swaps you back is not an “overtake”, and it’s certainly not racing. I’ll have to scour some highlights.
Needless to say, it’s what we thought it would be.
Zach Brown@the_zb_
There are some real misunderstandings here about the grumbling surrounding the regulations. I’ve seen several voices claiming that people upset about the regs are just “sour grapes” because it looks like Mercedes will dominate. That’s a mistaken take. People and drivers are aggrieved and extremely disappointed in the inherent NATURE of the regulations, and how the cars must be driven (not driven, as the case may be), and how heinously offensive it is to watch. That will not change no matter what the development trajectory looks like. The product on track looks offensive. It’s awful. And it’s inherent to the nature of the regs - it’s not changing. Harvesting for such electrification means a permanent and unchangeable sacrifice of driver differentiation in high speed. That is obvious at this point, the needs of the regulation mandate this. There’s no room to engineer around this, physics is physics. And that is a damning, heinous thing to watch. It’s so anti-racing and so anti-F1 that it’s an exercise in cognitive dissonance watching an onboard. I hope to goodness that we all refuse to try and condition ourselves to accept this as “normal” or just “something to get used to”. It’s not about parity, it’s not about who is in front or behind. You may or may not believe me when I say that, but this product would be no better if Ferrari were 2 seconds ahead of everyone. This is not F1. And I hope there is a swift and decisive fix, and a colossal push toward regulatory overhaul by 2029 with turbo V8’s with mild hybrid assist (turbo lag mitigation) and sustainable fuels. That is the solution.
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@dr_obbs And an era when backmarkers would be lapped 3 or 4 times. Some of those races were tedious.
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@SpannersReady Indycar with it’s 14 year old chassis - yep, proper cutting edge motorsport!! 🤪🤪
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Lads.. we're getting fairly roasted by Indycar. Stock up on Aloe Vera cos we got burned
Chip Ganassi Racing ⚡️@CGRTeams
'super-clipping' 'downshifting on straights' 'battery management' 🥱 Yeah, we don't do that here. We race.
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@thef1diplomat People are getting in a right state about the clipping. Give it a gew races and they’ll have worked it out.
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Remove the engine noises that indicate clipping, watch the car being tossed into corners. There is no obvious point where your eyes can tell “the car’s speed is reducing because the battery is recharging”.
Formula 1@F1
Jumping onboard with our pole-sitter! 🙌 The @pirellisport Pole Position in Australia goes to George Russell 💨 #F1 #AusGP
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@thef1diplomat @F1GuyDan @cytrusf1 I was going to say the same thing. Shockingly poor management from AMR if they didn’t know this. Most dedicated F1 fans knew RBPT took the cream of the Honda employees.
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🚨 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
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@MotorsportiveHQ What are they running then 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!!?? 🤣
Of course they are running 2026 fuels - won’t be the final spec, but has to be synthetic fuels designed for these engines.
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@ChusPerez97 @amrf1insights …and!? I’m a fan of F1 not just one driver and have been since the 70s. And if you are implying what I think you are I think Lewis should hang his helmet up too instead of going out with a whimper.
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@mrmurfin @amrf1insights Account based in
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👉 With rivals racing with higher compression engines, things become slightly tougher.
🤔 Can Aston still win? Absolutely!
✅️ HONDA — the best Battery
✅️ ARAMCO — the best Fuel
✅️ AMR26 — the best Aero&Mechanical Platform
✅️ Top driver in Fernando Alonso
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@akshay_a_r @_aarava Uncommon a few days before testing is due to start!!
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@cytrusf1 Embarrassing if true. They abandoned last season to work on the 2026 car! 🤦♂️
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@F1BigData @Racingnews365c Embarrassing if true. They abandoned last season to work on the 2026 car! 🤦♂️
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🚨WILLIAMS WONT BE IN BARCELONA
Williams is set to miss the first F1 2026 pre-season test in Barcelona next week, @Racingnews365c understands
Sources with knowledge of the situation have confirmed that Williams has struggled recently to pass the FIA's mandatory crash tests. It is understood that on this basis, a decision is poised to be made that the team will not take part in the test
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@kobayashicore They are 1000% better than the fat lardy barges we’ve been subjected to for the last few years. When these are developed they’ll look fire!!! 🔥🔥
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@dr_obbs Hmmm - only partial wheel covers. I hope this is how they’ll actually be as I’d feared full wheel covers would be back for 2026.
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