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Posted on 3/28/26 at 9:37 am to
Posted by s14suspense
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 9:37 am to
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Q2 shocker! A #2 driver makes it to Q3 but his well-regarded teammate is eliminated.



Behind in the thread because watching qualifying now. Thanks for not spoiling.

Loved the cut to commercial break for the Ford Racing commercial right after one of their drivers is eliminated in Q2 for the first time
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 9:51 am to
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Charles was not happy after qualifying, I don’t think any drivers were


Good, the new regs are shite and I'm glad RPM went all in on it in his video. Exposing F1 for hiding responses on their socials to the overwhelming displeasure with Mario Kart racing.
Posted by Lsut81
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 10:21 am to
Seeing this all over the place this morning... The speed losses they are seeing in Suzuka

Posted by Greace
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 10:56 am to
Can't stand George. Feels like the guy just complains when he gets beat out by Kimi. It's the cars fault never his.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 11:03 am to
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Can't stand George. Feels like the guy just complains when he gets beat out by Kimi. It's the cars fault never his.

George is a royal whiner by nature. That's why people are going to be cheering on Kimi more and more as the season goes on.
Posted by VooDude
Member since Aug 2017
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 11:04 am to
Wait until Kimi gets older and entitled. No more nice Kimi.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 11:40 am to
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No more nice Kimi.


Posted by Vood
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 12:36 pm to
I can’t see the Miami GPX making much difference this year. The silver arrows are on a different lvl this year.

Regs need to change. This 50/50 power plant is just horrible. I hope people keep posting the slow downs over and over.

Charles has had to just like Max.
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 1:02 pm to
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This 50/50 power plant is just horrible


Thought they were 60/40 for Japan
Posted by MississippiLebowski
Member since Jul 2022
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 2:00 pm to
I don’t think so, I think they tweaked something with energy recharge during qualifying only. Waiting til Miami to make a big change. Fred Vasseur said he expects it to be almost be a different championship starting in Miami.

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Posted by Vood
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:09 pm to
I feel bad for any new F1 fans. They should be watching roaring V10s being put in a chokehold by the best drivers on the planet. Instead, they get to learn about super clipping and battery management.

If no real changes happen in Miami it's going to be the worst season ever.

I just hope Max is giving the rest of the drivers confidence to complain. He has been complaining since 2023 and he is right.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:47 pm to
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I feel bad for any new F1 fans. They should be watching roaring V10s being put in a chokehold by the best drivers on the planet. Instead, they get to learn about super clipping and battery management.

It's confusing as hell for experienced fans who can tell you what MGU-H and MGU-K mean. I mean right on this page there is confusion on whether the electric/ICE balance has changed for Suzuka. I also believe that it was adjusted for qualy only. Which means that the race is going to be a dropping-rev shite show through 130R all the way until they start braking for the chicane. A new fan has no chance to understand this shite, unless they are already really into technical stuff and are happy to read up on the 2026 PU rules.

There was a comment a page or two ago about Sharl and another driver saying that when they pushed even harder to improve a qualy lap, that they actually went slower because they were running out of charge sooner. That says everything about what's wrong with the 2026 rules. Push harder, go slower. That's exactly what Formula E is, smart energy management. Formula E already exists, let them have that. Formula 1 has to be "push harder, go faster." Duh! It sounds stupid saying it, it's so obvious. Otherwise, there's no need to have a driver of Max's skills.


Posted by VooDude
Member since Aug 2017
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 5:01 pm to
Two in one day from RPM?: LINK
Posted by udtiger
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Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 5:39 pm to
End times
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
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Posted on 3/28/26 at 5:41 pm to
#blessed

Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
85027 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 5:50 pm to
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there's no need to have a driver of Max's skills.


Which is why I’d put him stepping away at 50/50 if they don’t drastically withdraw a substantial portion of the battery bullshite.

Glad to see Leclerc speaking up now and saying it’s shite.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
115304 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 5:57 pm to
Clearly an older video (must be a Patreon from last season).

Still funny as shite. I was almost crying watching him playing Elden Ring.
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
85027 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 6:09 pm to
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Two in one day from RPM?: LINK


From last year but he just posted to YouTube…

Holy shite, I’ve never watched F1 Academy, but that shite is terrible.
Posted by VooDude
Member since Aug 2017
3065 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 6:11 pm to
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Holy shite, I’ve never watched F1 Academy, but that shite is terrible.
Women in the workplace.

To make F1 entertaining again after the new regs, I’d love to see RPM provide in race commentary.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
29869 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 7:12 pm to
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I’d love to see RPM provide in race commentary.


He needs to do one of those live watch alongs, but he'd have to do it off of youtube because he'd be banned in three laps for running his mouth off the cuff with no edits "lol:
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