2026 F1 Thread

[DejaBrew]

My understanding is the formal decision has not been announced as yet, but is due this weekend. Saying that, it certainly does seem to be the inevitable outcome.

 

[DejaBrew]

Shanghai SQ1: .....Aaaand the "Macarena" wing has been put back onto the spare parts shelf

Apparently, the reasoning is "reliability concerns" with Ferrari not being completely confident that it would hold up to the rigours of a full race distance.

And opening issues.. It's a lot slower to open and Ham had an issue on one of his laps.

Autosport reporting that “….Ferrari was satisfied with the wing’s performance relative to its conventional version and encouraged by its reliability, but decided it didn’t have enough guarantees to take the risk of running it during a whole race. The fact that the wing still wouldn’t bring enough performance to be a game changer made the decision easier.“

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/why-ferrari-didnt-use-its-rotisserie-rear-wing-after-fp1-at-chinese-gp/10804749/

 

[DejaBrew]

Isack Hadjar (a.k.a. "The New Yuki") clearly unhappy with Antonelli's driving in the Shanghai Sprint Race.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032707800502071501

I like HAD, but he does need to calm down a bit and learn to take some of these things in his stride.

 

[jastel]

ANT on pole, nice to get a different name up there.
Maybe Mercs not so unbeatable??