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Posted on 3/8/26 at 9:30 am to athenslife101
Top drivers having fun and like the formula. Other drivers not liking the formula. If I didn't have a superior car I would be asking for the formula to change some too.
Better than DRS trains at this point. Still seem to have the problem of drivers managing race pace to a strategy and not pushing to race someone.
Better than DRS trains at this point. Still seem to have the problem of drivers managing race pace to a strategy and not pushing to race someone.
This post was edited on 3/8/26 at 9:31 am
Posted on 3/8/26 at 9:38 am to ell_13
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First half was fun. Second half sucked.
Seems like this is the case most races. Race pace sorts the cars from qualifying positions and then if no safety cars it kinda is what it is.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 9:45 am to fightin tigers
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Top drivers having fun and like the formula. Other drivers not liking the formula. If I didn't have a superior car I would be asking for the formula to change some too.
Thats naturally going to happen, but I think the issue is drivers saying its just not fun and is like playing a video game. Even Leclerc said something about it being like using the mushroom boost in Mario Kart.
Will be interesting to see how things play out in China
Posted on 3/8/26 at 9:48 am to Lsut81
We would have gotten an exciting ending last night if Mercedes would have been forced to pit again. Them having the fastest car/best engine and being able to put 45 laps on a set of tires hurt the product.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 9:49 am to MississippiLebowski
20 laps in
This season is gonna be a shitshow
This season is gonna be a shitshow
Posted on 3/8/26 at 9:52 am to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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The winner of the TD F1 Australian Grand Prix is MikeD, the first winner of the 2026 season!
Deployed just enough luck to pull it out!
Posted on 3/8/26 at 9:57 am to MississippiLebowski
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We would have gotten an exciting ending last night if Mercedes would have been forced to pit again. Them having the fastest car/best engine and being able to put 45 laps on a set of tires hurt the product.
I mean, you hate to see them manipulate things and don't want to see F1 go the way of Nascar with the 3 stages and different points, but requiring drivers to run on all 3 tire compounds would throw a wrench into those long runs to the end.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:09 am to Lsut81
F1 goes through a long process to sort the cars and put the fastest ones at the front. Then they run the race and everyone expects their to be some huge shuffle. F1 has introduced some strategy impacts to bring jeopardy to an already balanced field and force that reshuffle.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:16 am to Lsut81
The thing is, overtakes are artificial. Its not a better driver making passes its only because the lead car has no power thats been reduced intentionally. Thats what some drovers hate. They feel they’re just a pawn sitting in a car being raced by gadgets and not skill.
Here’s a take by a Nascar driver
F1 has an electric series and its all about battery management. They have spots on track you have to drive extra distance to get extra battery boost and you lose spots (but are required to do this twice). So you give up spots intentionally to get more power. I watched it one time and that was it, it sucked.
I expect Max to leave F1 after this year. He has the money and can go have fun in other racing venues. I can’t believe how badly they ruined F1 with these gimmicks. Those should only be used on sub series.
Here’s a take by a Nascar driver
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If tweet fails to load, click here. F1 has an electric series and its all about battery management. They have spots on track you have to drive extra distance to get extra battery boost and you lose spots (but are required to do this twice). So you give up spots intentionally to get more power. I watched it one time and that was it, it sucked.
I expect Max to leave F1 after this year. He has the money and can go have fun in other racing venues. I can’t believe how badly they ruined F1 with these gimmicks. Those should only be used on sub series.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:19 am to OU Guy
We will see but it honestly beat watching one car hold up the entire rest of the pack because nobody can pass anybody due to DRS not being strong enough. If it gives us overtakes in other areas other than a few turns it will be entertaining to watch.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:23 am to Greace
Yeah more entertaining for longer for sure. Just finished the race.
Cadillac didn't finish last! Lol
Cadillac didn't finish last! Lol
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:36 am to Lsut81
The F2 race was more fun than the F1 race
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:43 am to Greace
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We will see but it honestly beat watching one car hold up the entire rest of the pack because nobody can pass anybody due to DRS not being strong enough. If it gives us overtakes in other areas other than a few turns it will be entertaining to watch.
Indycar has the right formula, push to pass. It doesn’t degrade or reduce power to any car like F1, it gives you more power in spurts. And you have a limited amount so have to use it wisely. It doesn’t take a degree to figure it out either.
F1 got it wrong going to these half electric lawnmower engine setups. Its a disgrace to racing. This is just participation trophies disguised as race cars.
In 5 years you won’t have drivers in F1 cars, you will have engineers who are great at managing battery management
This post was edited on 3/8/26 at 11:46 am
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:50 am to OU Guy
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I expect Max to leave F1 after this year
What series is he going to?
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:54 am to athenslife101
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The computers on the cars were already doing a tremendous amount of work for the driver.
What were/are the computers doing for the drivers exactly?
No ABS. No Traction. No stability.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:56 am to fightin tigers
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What series is he going to?
Anywhere but F1
He won’t make as much money in salary but does well with sponsorship money. And would immediately boost the series he goes to bringing them bigger sponsor money. Look at that soccer star who went to Miami for an example. Any series would pay extra money for him.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:03 pm to OU Guy
The cars may be hybrid powered but the drivers are getting the EV battery level anxiety experience.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:05 pm to OU Guy
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Anywhere but F1
Max fans are wild.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:21 pm to fightin tigers
Hell, I hope he races in the NLS or WEC and brings viewers etc over to those series.
I think it’d be cool as hell for Max to go race various sports.
NASCAR
Indy
Rally.
I think it’d be cool as hell for Max to go race various sports.
NASCAR
Indy
Rally.
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