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F1 2026

Beau Peep said:
If they're going to ruin the sport with a dumb unique formula, they could at least get their mates at AWS to come up with some graphics to tell us whether drivers are deploying or harvesting, and their battery state. Don't insult us, we want to know if that purple sector was because the driver deploying the whole straight, and we aren't surprised when he's two seconds off by the end of the lap because he's had to coast the last sector.

F1 audiences, DTS wankers aside, are some of the most technically literate and intelligent audiences of any sport. You don't overwhelm even the casual viewer if you give them basic battery related information (green for recharging, red for deploying, 20% charge state, boost on/off). And you insult the intelligence and frustrate the hell out of people who are dying to understand more depth and intricacy in what is a deeply unintuitive and unattractive formula, but you won't give them it.
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100% agreed there.
The on screen graphics really matter, and have done for a while. We get the odd click overlaid on the halo, but its not enough
 

Just a thought, why did McLaren not just change Norris's front wing after it hit Antonelli's hairdryer? They can't be that short of spares can they?
PTR said:
100% agreed there.
The on screen graphics really matter, and have done for a while. We get the odd click overlaid on the halo, but its not enough
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I can barely read it, and the halo overlay is off more than it's on!
 
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I think we are going to see some sizeable changes in the next few races. The only thing they can really do is reduce the electrical power deployment recharge. While it will make the cars slower per lap the 50/50 power split will probably become more like 70/30 ICE and as a result the amount of that horrendous super clipping and recharging will be heavily reduced
 
danthemanSAFC said:
Just watched qualifying. What an absolute crock of shite that was. Downshifting at full throttle on the straights just sums it all up. Would look terrible for Formula 1 if 5 or 6 cars retire tomorrow.
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I said before, if you finish you score points imo

Reliability, odd gremlins throwing cars off the track, a few rookies and an unforgiving track mean there's going to be loads of retirements, yellow and red flags
MadMackem10 said:
I think we are going to see some sizeable changes in the next few races. The only thing they can really do is reduce the electrical power deployment recharge. While it will make the cars slower per lap the 50/50 power split will probably become more like 70/30 ICE and as a result the amount of that horrendous super clipping and recharging will be heavily reduced
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Think they'll wait to see what the revised engines can do.

A few manufacturers seem to be chasing reliability issues, so they won't have extracted all of the performance yet
 
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hypersonic said:
I said before, if you finish you score points imo

Reliability, odd gremlins throwing cars off the track, a few rookies and an unforgiving track mean there's going to be loads of retirements, yellow and red flags

Think they'll wait to see what the revised engines can do.

A few manufacturers seem to be chasing reliability issues, so they won't have extracted all of the performance yet
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There is a good article from The Race suggesting the FIA were looking at fixes in Bahrain. Concern is that if we thought the battery recharging was bad during qualifying, it will be much worse tomorrow. However it does also talk about how Australia is supposed to be one of the worst on the calendar for these issues due to the amount of full throttle etc

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Dan The Man said:
Unless it’s something outside the engine? Surely Williams and McLaren would be right up there to
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Mercedes don’t have to provide their engine software to the teams. Thats probably a massive difference for engine deployment optimisation. Plus customer teams only got the upgraded engine yesterday
 
Shady Lane said:
Conscious that there may be all sorts of sandbagging going on, but on face value it looks like the Ferrari launches like a rocket ship, whereas Mercedes have the superior long-run pace. I predict a Mercedes front row with the Ferraris starting in the top six but getting ahead at Turn 1. Then let the game of cat & mouse commence! McLarens and Red Bulls there or thereabouts.
Anyone else planning to get up early and watch live?
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Good shout that mate
FulwellViaLeeds said:
Ferrari pace just disappeared. Hamilton was in the 1:19s on mediums in Q1 and ended up only a few tenths faster by the end of the session.
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Thats what he alluded to. Couldn't get the setup right for Q2 and Q3.

I'm cautiously optimistic. Ferrari 1, 2 from the start hopefully then who knows. Let the carnage ensue!
 
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As far as Kimi is concerned it was not his fault it was the teams fault so the penalty should go to the team not the driver.
 
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