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re: 2026 Formula 1 (F1) Season Thread
Posted on 3/9/26 at 1:03 pm to TigerFanatic99
Posted on 3/9/26 at 1:03 pm to TigerFanatic99
sportsbible.com (whoever they are)
Inside reports coming that Saudi/Bahrain are canceled. Will be announced soon.
Inside reports coming that Saudi/Bahrain are canceled. Will be announced soon.
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Posted on 3/9/26 at 1:14 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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I feel like I hate the broadcast. Not Apple+, just the crew (other than rarely showing pit stops, wtf was up with that?). One race in and I miss Brundle big time
I know people have different tastes, and this is one example. I can't stand Crofty/Brundle. I much prefer the F1TV crew. They're not as professional as the Sky team, and maybe that's why I like them more. The only time I prefer Sky over F1TV is when Nico is on.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 1:37 pm to fightin tigers
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This means following the Japanese Grand Prix later this month, there wouldn't be a Grand Prix Sunday until Miami on May 3rd.
That would suck.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 1:47 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I know people have different tastes, and this is one example. I can't stand Crofty/Brundle. I much prefer the F1TV crew. They're not as professional as the Sky team, and maybe that's why I like them more. The only time I prefer Sky over F1TV is when Nico is on.
Wow. Ted is probably the only one I don't care for on the SkySports/ESPN team. I think that's his name, the guy that is always in the pit lane.
They'll be like "Let's check in on Ted in the pit lane..."
Ted: You know Crofty when you were a wee nipper and your mum would make some homemade buttery grindolgore brumpkin pea pie and it was fresh out of the oven and it was so hot your little mittens couldn't touch the pot? That's what McLarens breaks were like."
I'm like wtf is up with all these weird British food analogies that don't even make sense. Every single time.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 1:56 pm to billjamin
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This means following the Japanese Grand Prix later this month, there wouldn't be a Grand Prix Sunday until Miami on May 3rd.
That would suck
Will certainly cut down on my day drinking plan
Posted on 3/9/26 at 2:08 pm to TigerFanatic99
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Only available if you are watching it live, right?
I can see the sky sports feeds still on my Apple TV on the TV app.
Can’t/don’t see it on my phone’s app.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 2:24 pm to s14suspense
Why not an April COTA race as a substitute for losing Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. It could work logistically.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 2:24 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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. It could work logistically
Besides none of the equipment being there you are probably right.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 2:26 pm to fightin tigers
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Besides none of the equipment being there you are probably right.
I figured making the decision now could give them enough time with Miami next.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 2:29 pm to Diseasefreeforall
The containers show up months ahead of time. Plus there are only so many duplicates. Miami will become Austin paddock and Montreal will likely be Mexico paddock. Brazil is probably coming from the middle east or Australia
European races work because the paddock travels in motor homes and trailers.
Pirelli just getting the tires there and ready would likely be a feat.
European races work because the paddock travels in motor homes and trailers.
Pirelli just getting the tires there and ready would likely be a feat.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 3:35 pm to fightin tigers
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That is what I love about it. Build the greatest piece of machinery on the edge of what your driver's skill can handle. The better the driver the closer to the edge you can get.
WEC goes as far as to handicap faster cars to make the series competitive.
Umm, not exactly. And the WEC comment is misleading.
We are long past the point of making cars on the edge of what drivers can handle. The Can-Am cars of the 70s had 1,500 hp in qualy trim, with primitive aero and tires. Those cars were for manly men. Group B rally cars in the 80s were so nuts and so dangerous, that they had to dial it back and eventually settled on WRC with a 300 hp limit (it recently went up but it's back down to 330 hp). And of course these days in F1 with modern aero and tires they could specify more downforce and the drivers can probably handle a few more cornering g's. But safety considerations are now the limiting factor, not driver limit. The FIA Grade 1 certification specifies things such as the size of runoff areas, which depends on the expected speeds in these corners. So with every new rules package they are constantly changing the specs to reduce downforce (and sometimes to reduce hp), and over the next couple of years the engineers work to find ways to bring downforce back up to what they had under the previous rules. So that's the engineering challenge. The rules makers are constantly slowing the cars down, and the engineers are constantly trying to make it back up.
Regarding the WEC comment, balance-of-performance doesn't exist because of an "everyone gets a participation trophy" mentality. It exists because it's not formula racing where eveyone builds cars to a very tight set of rules. With GT cars, these are production based with very different engines and chassis layouts and weights. They have to find a way to let them race against each other. With prototypes, BoP exists because car designers are encouraged to find innovative solutions within a looser set of rules. The engines and electrical systems can be very different between manufacturers, so it's the same issue, finding a way for these different cars to race each other. A lot of people find the BoP concept instinctively a little distasteful. But it's the only way to race GT cars, and the best way to encourage more radical innovations with the prototypes.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 4:13 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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The engines and electrical systems can be very different between manufacturers, so it's the same issue, finding a way for these different cars to race each other. A lot of people find the BoP concept instinctively a little distasteful
I actually like the BoP in this style of racing. The nitpicking is tedious but inevitably necessary for the manufacturers to have competitive racing. If not we would go back to a power war.
In practice it is not much difference from what F1 does to hamper the top team with formula tweaks. There just isn't baseline setting ahead of the first race.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 4:42 pm to fightin tigers
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I actually like the BoP in this style of racing.
Yeah I just thought it was a little misleading because you seemed to be making a direct comparison with F1. Everyone knows it's necessary even as they endlessly negotiate and complain.
I remember I found one BoP type of situation to be extremely aggravating. In World Superbike, Ducati dominated the 90s, winning the championship year after year. So of course a lot of people assumed it was just because Ducati produced superior racing machines. But that wasn't it. Ducait's street bikes were all V-twins. At a given displacement, a V-twin cannot produce the horsepower of an inline-four, which is what all the Japanese manufacturers had. So Ducati was allowed a larger displacement ot make up the horsepower deficit. But the problem was, a V-twin engine is much narrower than a transversely mounted inline four. The Ducati was a narrower bike that could turn much quicker than the Japanese inline fours. So the combination of being allowed a bigger displacement and having an inherently quicker handling design, they dominated for what seemed like 10 years. Finally Honda had enough of that. The rules weren't changing, so they had to adjust to the rules. They designed their own V-twin, the RC51, and won the WSBK in 2000 on their first try. My favorite season of road racing ever is the 2002 WSBK championship when Colin Edwards on the Honda went to the wire with Troy Bayliss and his Ducati, ending with an absolutely epic last round at Imola. You can see the last race on YouTube. An absolute thriller.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 5:59 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Reports are that Ferrari will have its new wing in China.
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Posted on 3/9/26 at 6:49 pm to fightin tigers
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Inside reports coming that Saudi/Bahrain are canceled. Will be announced soon.
Well that blows.
For its own sake, F1 better come up with something/anything to fill that void.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 9:42 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Everyone knows it's necessary even as they endlessly negotiate and complain
I'll always complain about preferential BoP for whoever is dominating the hypercar category
I'm looking at you, Ferrari. Posted on 3/10/26 at 11:48 am to BottomlandBrew
I have no problem with the BOP in WEC because it allows the teams to run wildly different engines. Some teams running twin turbo V6 while others run V8s and even V12s.
It’s when teams start hiding power to trick the BOP that it becomes a problem.
Already reports out that Mercedes is going to trying to win races by the smallest margins they can to prevent other teams from getting the ADUO time.
ADUO- Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities
It’s when teams start hiding power to trick the BOP that it becomes a problem.
Already reports out that Mercedes is going to trying to win races by the smallest margins they can to prevent other teams from getting the ADUO time.
ADUO- Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities
Posted on 3/10/26 at 1:43 pm to MississippiLebowski
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I have no problem with the BOP in WEC because it allows the teams to run wildly different engines. Some teams running twin turbo V6 while others run V8s and even V12s.
Man even F1 used to allow wild innovations. The Tyrrell six-wheeler, the Brabham fan car, the Lotus 88 twin-chassis that never raced but was pure genius.
I think F1 could tolerate it in the eras before massive corporate investment in F1. When cost controls are needed to keep 10+ teams on the grid, then the rules are going to become far more restrictive.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 6:38 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Remember to update your prediction lists! You have until Thursday at 9:30 pm CT when the lists will be locked. FP1 starts at 10:30 pm CT.
We now have a better idea of the order and separation between teams for now, at least until the upgrades start coming.
If Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are cancelled as expected, you can bet Miami will see a lot of aggressive upgrades and could see a reordering of some of the teams.
We now have a better idea of the order and separation between teams for now, at least until the upgrades start coming.
If Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are cancelled as expected, you can bet Miami will see a lot of aggressive upgrades and could see a reordering of some of the teams.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:01 am to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Formula E co-founder telling F1 to stick to what made them great...
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Formula E co-founder Alberto Longo believes Formula 1 is wrong to move its rules closer to those of the all-electric championship, insisting the series should “stay true to its principles”.
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"The only thing I can say is, as I always say, I'm a big fan of Formula 1," he added. "I definitely believe that they decided to go for certain regulations that probably are damaging their spectacle and their show a little bit.
"I think they are getting closer and closer to us. We do not have exclusivity, but we do have expertise already on that."
While F1 drivers reported running out of electrical energy on straights in Melbourne, particularly due to the lack of heavy braking zones, Formula E cars have not encountered similar issues. Drivers in FE are able to stay in the higher power Attack Mode (350kW) for as much as six minutes without losing speed on straights.
Asked about that contrast in Formula E, Longo said: "Yes, we can use eight minutes or six minutes of Attack Mode and the car doesn't slow down. I think they need to be back to where they are. They are noise, they are full power, they are breaking the latest [technologies], this is what Formula 1 is about.
"We are a completely different proposition. We have been presented like that since day one. It's not one or the other; it's both of them. But the problem is that they try to become more Formula E.
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