2026 F1 Thread

[MARTINE]

Thanks, I have rejoined and will see what comes through

Good luck
The discount wasn’t obvious when I bought my tickets — but each category you click on shows the after 20% price all the way to payment. I had to check the actual prices as there was no reference to the offer (except on the actual ticket after order complete).

 

[Flashback]

They were still handing them out yesterday. Last year they stopped on the day of the race.

I think it's a year round thing due to their sponsorship, I got my light grey ones in Feb and Mar..

 

[jastel]

NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his Family died in a private jet crash in USA.
RIP.

 

[DejaBrew]

The 2025 F1 Season Animated (YouTube)

 

[DejaBrew]

And that’s a wrap!

 

[DejaBrew]

I know, I know, we won’t see the “real” cars till testing/Melbourne, but time to get excited anyway!

Date	Event	Location
15 January	Red Bull, Racing Bulls launch	Detroit
19 January	Haas launch	Online
20 January	Audi launch	Berlin
20 January	Honda power unit launch	Tokyo
22 January	Mercedes unveils renders	Online
23 January	Alpine launch	Barcelona
23 January	Ferrari launch	TBC
2 February	Mercedes launch	Online
3 February	Williams launch	Grove
8 February	Cadillac livery reveal	California, TV and Online
9 February	Aston Martin launch	Online
9 February	McLaren launch	Bahrain and Online

 

[Scarlett]

I know, I know, we won’t see the “real” cars till testing/Melbourne, but time to get excited anyway!

Date	Event	Location
23 January	Ferrari launch	WE ARE CHECKING

Fixed that for you…

 

[DejaBrew]

Fixed that for you…

That's made my morning. Thank you!!

 

[MARTINE]

Fixed that for you…

Brilliant

 

[jastel]

It MUST be the Water??

Did anyone else read Scarletts post in the Lollipop man voice??

 

[DejaBrew]

A sad - but unsurprising - end to this saga. We can only hope he ends up in that mooted test/reserve driver role with Haas. Don’t think he was necessarily champion material, but the bloke deserved way better than he got from Alpine.

Alpine and Doohan saga finally ends

Jack Doohan has finally left the Alpine Formula 1 team, eight months after losing his race seat

www.the-race.com

 

[MARTINE]

A sad - but unsurprising - end to this saga. We can only hope he ends up in that mooted test/reserve driver role with Haas. Don’t think he was necessarily champion material, but the bloke deserved way better than he got from Alpine.

Alpine and Doohan saga finally ends

Jack Doohan has finally left the Alpine Formula 1 team, eight months after losing his race seat

www.the-race.com

Thank God Oscar left Al-peeeen

 

[k_sheep]

... they'll be better next year, right? Right?

Signed, a tragic Gasly fan.

 

[DejaBrew]

... they'll be better next year, right? Right?

Signed, a tragic Gasly fan.

Nowhere to hide now they have Merc power…

 

[WilsonM]

Nowhere to hide now they have Merc power…

All reports from their management last year was that they sacrificed 2025 for 2026. But, adjusting to a completely new PU (and also the difference in being a customer team now) would suggest they'll be the last of the Merc engine users, at the very least.

Complete aside, but should we have an "F1 meetups" sub-forum or pinned post or something? Or do we actually have one and I've just missed it lol

 

[DejaBrew]

First livery revealed! Sort of..... well, it's a test livery for a test day that the public won't witness (i.e. the first day of Barcelona testing).

 

[DejaBrew]

All reports from their management last year was that they sacrificed 2025 for 2026. But, adjusting to a completely new PU (and also the difference in being a customer team now) would suggest they'll be the last of the Merc engine users, at the very least.

Time will tell, but I believe history is littered with teams that claimed "we're sacrificing [insert year here] for [year+1]" and who subsequently went nowhere. Nothing I've seen from Alpine convinces me they'll be the exception in 2026. But who knows? We would have said the same about Honda/Brawn in the leadup to the 2009 season and look what happened there.

Complete aside, but should we have an "F1 meetups" sub-forum or pinned post or something? Or do we actually have one and I've just missed it lol

As in a pub meet to watch the race sort of meet up? Or more like a thread about actual meetups at the race venue? Either one could be interesting

 

[MARTINE]

First livery revealed! Sort of..... well, it's a test livery for a test day that the public won't witness (i.e. the first day of Barcelona testing).

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Bladerunner vibes