2026 F1 Thread

[MARTINE]

Drivers about to get into …. Mini mokes!!
Valteri got the second loudest cheers

 

[kelvedon]

Oh dear

 

[kookaburra75]

Oh dear

Yes.... that was unexpected

 

[love_the_life]

Commentators seem to be saying it was driver error - looked more like a rear wheel lock up or similar. Whatever, that was a very short appearance.

 

[DejaBrew]

Commentators seem to be saying it was driver error - looked more like a rear wheel lock up or similar. Whatever, that was a very short appearance.

In-flight wi-fi glitched just as the incident happened so I haven’t seen it yet. Such a shame though

 

[DejaBrew]

Grrr…. One or all of QF wi-fi / NordVPN / Kayo causing me all sorts of headaches trying to watch the race

 

[love_the_life]

It's very exciting (watching on TV not in person which I expect would be even more exciting!)

 

[DejaBrew]

Grrr…. One or all of QF wi-fi / NordVPN / Kayo causing me all sorts of headaches trying to watch the race

Ok, having success removing NordVPN from the mix.

Some interesting strategies playing out.

 

[MARTINE]

 

[DejaBrew]

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DejaBrew is having déjà vu

 

[DejaBrew]

Well done RUS and Merc. Great to see Ferrari in the mix. My driver of the day was ANT - what a recovery after his P3 shunt! Close second to LIN with points on debut.

 

[TheRealTMA]

More interesting race than most. New regulations seem to have had a positive despite all the pre race complaints.

 

[JessicaTam]

Trouble was I was in the AKL lounge and took the opportunity of every safety car to grab a drink from the bar. Lucky I found the plane.

 

[DejaBrew]

Trouble was I was in the AKL lounge and took the opportunity of every safety car to grab a drink from the bar. Lucky I found the plane.

You were flying to HKG…. right?

 

[SeatBackForward]

More interesting race than most. New regulations seem to have had a positive despite all the pre race complaints

Time will tell, but certainly the start was very fun. Drivers all seem to be very well behaved on track too. I suspect after a few races they'll all have picked up how battery management affects strategy and it'll be back to normal anyhow.

 

[MARTINE]

Even with the Piastrophic start - it was a great day and those first ten laps wow wow wow
Well done George Kimi and Ferrari

 

[elanshin]

Nice to see T- pose back and George taking the win. A lot to take away. Really good battling early on although I think Ferrari strategy is still a bit sus. They were rockets off the line though, although somehow George had no battery at the line (maybe Kimi too?). Max quietly sliding his way to P6 starting P20.

If we consider that both Max and Lando were on 2 stop strategies, if they were on single stops they would be a lot closer to the top 4. So we'd definitely have 4 cars that can fight at the top although the Mercs definitely look like they're ahead.

Other interesting tid bits, awesome to see Lindblad have a good debut. Did Alonso randomly come back later for a few laps? And nice to see Cadillac and Audi finish their first GP.

Look forward to Lollipop. Lots of things for them this GP.