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F1 2026

Big Jeff said:
They will have had to study the final timings and then calculate the penalty so it made no difference what so ever.
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With Le Clerc’s penalty pushing him to 8th, MV was 9.8s ahead of Hamilton in 6th.

Can’t recall what the standard penalty usually is
 

hudson88 said:
Verstappen gets a 5 second penalty….enough to keep him 5th.

Ridiculous it’s taken until 3 hours after the race to sort out
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His driving standards today were appalling, let alone the what you'd have expected to be slam dunk penalty for pit lane exit.

Sainz was right to moan but to be fair knew Verstappen was there and knew what he'd do, but should have just either put his car on the inside and braked late like Verstappen would, or let a crash happen. You can't really moan you've been pushed off having dithered in the middle of the track, opened the door, rolled over, avoided contact, been pushed wide but actually stayed on the track.
 
Max was doing shithousery within the first two seconds of the race. I saw it and it took Sky about twenty minutes to highlight it.

Off the start line. Lando gets good drive and is looking to make a move down the inside and Max just chops him off.

I been saying this for years but they need to start crashing into Max when he pulls these stunts.

He has the whole field totally intimidated.
 
Beau Peep said:
Reminds me of Senna coming into Lotus in 1985 and overshadowning his more experienced teammate De Angelis. Schumacher did it to Piquet in a brief few races and thereafter Brundle. Hamilton did it to Alonso. Verstappen did it to Ricciardo.

And Antonelli is doing it to Russell.

Love to see it. And he's so likeable with it!
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Beau Peep said:
I'm giving him a year pass because he was 18 and a debutant. Senna had a year in a Toleman first, Verstappen two in a Minardi, Hamilton was a true debutant but had had more years in the junior formulae than Antonelli.
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Beau Peep said:
Sometimes it's just a case of breaking the duck, getting a bit of luck, and that confidence breeds more success and gets in the other driver's head.

And Russell seems the sort of tetchy, thin skinned, overemotional, victim-playing bloke who'd be ever so easy to get in the head of.

At that point, you're done, you can't ever get it back. And it brings a whole team with you.

It destroyed Alonso, it destroyed Ricciardo, Brundle drifted after 1992. Within a season, it was the other guy's team.

De Angelis lost his seat after 1985 and felt the team had already switched their focus mainly to Senna. This is what confident, precocious and likeable drivers do, without even trying. The tide turns, the guard changes, the resentment starts a spiral begins.

Mark my words!
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Still think Russell is the undisputed No 1, @Motor City Cobra ? 43s adrift.

Toto isn't daft. The guard has already changed.

You can tell when Toto is trotting out an excuse about the road surface not suiting George in Miami, that the argument is so tenuous that it's faintly ridiculous, and even he doesn't believe the words he's saying.
 
Beau Peep said:
Still think Russell is the undisputed No 1, @Motor City Cobra ? 43s adrift.

Toto isn't daft. The guard has already changed.

You can tell when Toto is trotting out an excuse about the road surface not suiting George in Miami, that the argument is so tenuous that it's faintly ridiculous, and even he doesn't believe the words he's saying.
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At the time course the was. Results were clear. We’ll know in next 10/12 races.
 
Beau Peep said:
His driving standards today were appalling, let alone the what you'd have expected to be slam dunk penalty for pit lane exit.

Sainz was right to moan but to be fair knew Verstappen was there and knew what he'd do, but should have just either put his car on the inside and braked late like Verstappen would, or let a crash happen. You can't really moan you've been pushed off having dithered in the middle of the track, opened the door, rolled over, avoided contact, been pushed wide but actually stayed on the track.
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To be fair to verstappen, on a tight twisty track, out of position and with the door left open, he was always going to go for that move.

A lot of the moves he made, drivers were basically letting him go as they knew it'd kill their race fighting with him.
Beau Peep said:
Still think Russell is the undisputed No 1, @Motor City Cobra ? 43s adrift.

Toto isn't daft. The guard has already changed.

You can tell when Toto is trotting out an excuse about the road surface not suiting George in Miami, that the argument is so tenuous that it's faintly ridiculous, and even he doesn't believe the words he's saying.
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Antonelli's rise through the different formulas has been quite consistent.

Middle runner for about half a season whilst he gets the hang of the new car, moving to genuine front runner by the season end.

I thought he'd do really well this year, but the fact that he's seemingly gotten into Russell's head could see him win the title.
 
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Big Jeff said:
I’m not a fan of the circuit.

The racing was fairly eventful but the speed differentials are still apparent when drivers have extra battery.
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Enjoyed the race as a whole compared to most of the woeful processions we saw last year but that Leclerc overtake on Antonelli early on was farcical. Was like watching a frontrunner lapping a backmarker as opposed to a lead-changing overtake.
 
Loving Kimi owning George like its blooming brilliant, I backed him from the get go to be ahead of George because of his bravery and willingness to try and push past the limit in Monza ‘24 when he crashed !

Seems like a really decent, grounded bloke and he’ll be the driver I want the most success for when Lewis retires
 
Just saw the race highlights on sky.
Had hoped my TV swap would take an hour. Took over 4 and totally missed the race

Never a fan of highlights as you miss all the nuance of racing, but it seemed a really good race.
Loads of overtaking, loads of wheel to wheel battles, no idea who was going to win until the latter stages. Also no horrible super clipping?

Max standard arse hole mode from the very start with a blatant block off the line, then tried to block again causing himself to spin out. Then repeated shitty driving throughout. And of course the mandatory "special rules for Max" on the penalty they had no choice but to eventually give him.

Did anyone notice at the end when leclerc got overtaken with a couple of laps to go, his wing closed all the way down the straight, then popped open the second he got overtaken? I think he had some problem. 3 corners later he spun off. I wonder if the system got confused and opened the wing again?

Kimi looks like he might just be the next big thing eh?


Anyway, for all the moaning, there is a good basis for exiting races in these regs.
For sure no car has shot off into the far distance as predicted.
 
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I still think Toto is looking like the cat that swallowed the canary.
MB have something up their sleeve and he knows it.
In no way am I calling them cheats, they’ve figured something out that the others have overlooked. Much like Brawn in ‘09.
 
PTR said:
Did anyone notice at the end when leclerc 6 got overtaken with a couple of laps to go, his wing closed all the way down the straight, then popped open the second he got overtaken? I think he had some problem.
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I noticed that live, which obviously the fat idiot with the microphone didn't. Certainly looked like a glitch. Could have been something he did, finger slipped or lifted off I guess
 
Big Jeff said:
Max was doing shithousery within the first two seconds of the race. I saw it and it took Sky about twenty minutes to highlight it.

Off the start line. Lando gets good drive and is looking to make a move down the inside and Max just chops him off.

I been saying this for years but they need to start crashing into Max when he pulls these stunts.

He has the whole field totally intimidated.
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Anyone seen these two in the same room at the same time? ...No, didn't think so. Let the conspiracies begin.

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Lawson's dive bomb into Gasly seems to be due to his gearbox going into neutral, so lost a ton of stopping power.
 
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Crazy, horrible journey back in time to see a pitlanes panic and reaction to Senna’s crash
 
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