2026 F1 Thread

[Flashback]

With the 2025 season over, not as many of us had hoped and the countdown to the makeover of the cars beginning - it's time to get excited for 2026.

 

[MARTINE]

With the 2025 season over, not as many of us had hoped and the countdown to the makeover of the cars beginning - it's time to get excited for 2026.

Yeeeeeeees

 

[DejaBrew]

Stories to watch out for in 2026 that could provide some great entertainment through the season -:

• Will Ferrari finally break free of the HHH Cycle after spending almost all of 2025 developing their 2026 car?
• Can McLaren maintain their dominance?
• Does the #1 help or hinder young NOR?
• Will PIA continue his trajectory and deliver a dominant Drivers' Championship?
• Will Papaya Rules persist or will the drivers finally rebel?
• Has Mercedes stolen a march on the other engine manufacturers?
• Will the RBR/Ford relationship end in tears?
• Will VER sign to another team for 2027 (or just retire)?
• Will HAD still be racing in RBR after the first 3 rounds of the season?
• Has Papa Stroll finally managed to buy a Championship (a.k.a. has Newey worked his magic yet again)?
• Will STR continue to impress us all with his mediocrity?
• Could ALO become the oldest Champion and finally secure his 3rd title?
• Can HAM secure that elusive 8th Championship?
• Will we still love to hate RBR now that both Whinger Spice and Helmut the Harsh are gone?
• Can Cadillac be competitive in their first year?
• Will PER prove his doubters wrong after spending a year on the sidelines?
• Will ANT repay the faith shown in him by Toto?
• Can RUS be made to do something in the F1 opening title sequence that doesn't result in him looking like a member of a boy band and becoming an instant internet meme?
• Will Alpine prove to their detractors that Briatore was right to buy Mercedes engines and the problem was always Viry-Châtillon?
• Will the Atlassian Williams F1 Team return to the top step after dropping the "Racing" part of their team name so that they can focus specifically on.... um..... F1?
• Can Mohammed ben Sulayem break his own personal record of consecutive F1 podium appearances?

All this (and more) set to play out in 2026