re: 2026 Formula 1 (F1) Season Thread

Ayao Komatsu came out firing in defense of Ocon during an interview

??? Ayao Komatsu, Esteban Ocon's boss, faced the media and flew into a black rage over the latest rumors! ??

After defending his driver, he went straight after the journalists who wrote and spread these reports.

"Oh my God. Let's start with this, this f***ing s*** rumor. Honestly, I have no idea at all where this story came from. No basis, absolutely none. It's total nonsense. If someone wants to write that kind of bullshite, fine, but damn it, is this still journalism? I don't know. It's awful.

What are they trying to achieve? It's completely insane. No basis, absolutely none. Has any one of you ever heard me say something like that? Yes or no? It's unbelievable.

I spoke with him this morning, but for me, there's absolutely nothing to defend on our side. It's unbelievable. Part of this story claims there was a problem with Esteban in Miami, right? But where the hell did that come from? I didn't have the slightest argument with Esteban in Miami. It's mind-blowing how completely made up all this is.

And then, since no one checks sources, everyone piles on more lies on top. How can you call that journalism? It's just a f***ing s*** rumor.

Esteban is worried, his manager is worried. But Esteban knows full well we had no argument in Miami, no concrete facts. This morning, we were just laughing about it, wondering: 'What the hell is this?' So I said I'd clear it up once and for all, because it's absolutely and totally false, pure stupidity.

Lots of Japanese sites want to create stories saying I'd want to recruit Yuki or something like that. There's absolutely no basis for it, so I don't pay any attention.

Then a French journalist picks it up. But damn it, if you're a French journalist, what are you doing to your own country's driver? By spreading that kind of story just for clicks, are you trying to sink your French driver? What's the goal? It's absurd.

When you write an article, you check your sources, right? Seriously, when I was a kid, I wanted to be an investigative journalist. So when I read stuff like this, damn it, doesn't the person writing it have any shame?

By writing nonsense with no basis, you lose all credibility. Any media outlet that spreads that kind of bullshite loses its credibility, at least in my eyes. It's not even a distortion of what I said: there are no facts. Nothing to do with what I said, because I never said any of that. It's unbelievable

Can I still watch the Canada GP on Apple TV this weekend?

?? GOOSE ALERT

?? This year, the GP coincides with the migration season of Canadian geese and the circuit is INFESTED with these birds

?? The Safety Car already had a run-in with them on Thursday

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We have F2 and F1 academy races also this weekend.

The F2 races are fun

Can put Hamilton retiring on his own to bed... Came out during media day and said "Lots of people are trying to retire me... I'm focused and going to be here for a while... I'm focusing on whats next, what's over the next 5yrs"

Those are going to make a mess if they’re stupid enough to get hit, and if they’re anything like the ones down here, they are.

Geese or Gophers, who gets hit first

Albon hit a gopher causing a yellow flag and damage to his car

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Murderer

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Its Canada, so its compassionate assisted suicide

Herta really struggling in qualifying in F2