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2026 MADRID GRAND PRIX
1. Lando Norris
2. Kimi Antonelli
3. Max Verstappen
4. George Russell
5. Oscar Piastri
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. Charles Leclerc
8. Liam Lawson
9. Arvid Lindblad
10. Yuki Tsunoda

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Good performances by female driver Chiara Battig. Battig was impressive in her one-off appearance in F1A, taking the only non-Palmowski pole of the season so far and finishing second in the feature. She seems to have been highly inconsistent in British F4 so far (from what I've seen glancing at res...

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George was just treated like a wingman, again, despite being the lead driver in the race. At the very least they could have double stacked in the pits. There's no way one of the cars, but probably both, wouldn't get passed the McLaren's for the win. George was out of new tires but a gently used med...

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The first half of the lap looks fairly fun. Wee bit of elevation change in there as well. The flow of the track on the video game is better than the track map suggested. Because this is a street track that has mostly been built with racing in mind, rather than made to fit around existing roads, I d...

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The first half of the lap looks fairly fun. Wee bit of elevation change in there as well. The flow of the track on the video game is better than the track map suggested. Because this is a street track that has mostly been built with racing in mind, rather than made to fit around existing roads, I d...

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I'm fully prepared to hate it, but I'll try to at least give it a chance.

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... and continued by claiming that Marchino was "very nasty during the hearing" and "acting as a prosecutor". Briatore continued: "And after, we found out what is the reason why he's so nasty, this guy? He's very linked with McLaren. I'm very surprised this guy has the link with McLaren." If someon...

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The butchering of F1 racing is a daily business. It seems that they talk of reducing the length of the GP (maximum 305 km today*), even reducing the already shortened Monaco GP, and that the teams agreed. And that, because of the new "new PU" regulations. As some cars seem to have difficulties with...

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Banker prediction in case I forget about everything tomorrow...

MONZA
1. George Russell
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Charles Leclerc

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Wingman reporting for duty... my season has gone poorly enough that my major priority now is supporting our team championship while Jenson hopefully wins it all for the double :thumbup: 2026 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 1. George Russell 2. Lewis Hamilton 3. Charles Leclerc 4. Kimi Antonelli 5. Lando Norris 6...

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Sounds like a new engine and grid penalty for Antonelli. Russell must win. Well, Russell must beat Antonelli (if anyone is going to take him seriously in the WDC). I don't think we should take it as a given that either one is going to win in Monza. When was the last time Mercedes clearly had the be...

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Sounds like a new engine and grid penalty for Antonelli. Russell must win. Well, Russell must beat Antonelli (if anyone is going to take him seriously in the WDC). I don't think we should take it as a given that either one is going to win in Monza. When was the last time Mercedes clearly had the be...

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For anyone who hasn't seen this yet, this will be the trophy for the GP! https://storage.ghost.io/c/dd/af/ddafbd99-2ccd-468c-b622-4b3cccf80b49/content/images/size/w1200/2026/09/pirelli_10043_panorama-1-1.jpg (The Race) ... this is a joke, right? I've actually been fairly happy with most of the trop...

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For what it’s worth, while A>B>C comparisons are useful and interesting and did show Verstappen as the fastest driver on the grid at one point (they might still now, I’m not sure) there are far too many factors at play for them to be taken with much more than a pinch of salt. It all comes down to h...

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For anyone who hasn't seen this yet, this will be the trophy for the GP! https://storage.ghost.io/c/dd/af/ddafbd99-2ccd-468c-b622-4b3cccf80b49/content/images/size/w1200/2026/09/pirelli_10043_panorama-1-1.jpg (The Race) ... this is a joke, right? I've actually been fairly happy with most of the trop...

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Now we have a situation where Verstappen's qualifying hasn't been great and we have another Verstappen fan saying that race pace is the most important thing and Verstappen is unmatched, even though that can't really be measured, it's funny how all that works. I'm a Verstappen fan now? I'm pretty su...

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There are many variables at play to make the comparison between last year and this year more difficult that prior years. So either Bortoleto is not on par with other second year drivers or there might be a myriad of explanations why the gaps are seemingly the same between some teammates but that is...

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I know this is probably an unpopular opinion, but I've never thought Verstappen is a particularly good qualifier (and I think this is somewhat supported by how he holds just about every 'youngest' record except the one for taking pole position, a stat he had multiple opportunities to grab but misse...

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I think Lawson is quite a bit better than the reputation he got last year. I don't think he's one of the worst on the grid any more. Barely over a tenth between them. He should have been given longer at Red Bull I would say. I wonder if the Red Bull car isn't suiting Verstappen still? Even Hadjar i...

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And to try and head off the inevitable strawman... I'm not saying that none of the old skill of taking corners as fast as possible remains. It's just been diluted. Out of curiosity, why do you think Verstappen is still destroying his teammate by a similar margin to before in the races? You're convi...

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Who has said they are using Verstappen to determine whether or not drivers are making a difference? Fair enough not in your case but even Verstappen himself has come out and said it in Zandvoort. Yes, we know what he thinks about the regulations. He's been complaining about them as early as 2023. N...

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It's interesting how you frame Max using the curbs (in qualifying when you need to maximize lap time) and having damage to the car in Hungary vs how you framed Kimi having damage to his car in Silverstone when he used the curbs quite a bit there. One driver lost a win as a result, the other wasn't ...

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How can you say exceptionally mistake prone when this video shows the only mistake of his own was JUST ONE spin that most wouldn't be able to control in Miami. Most of this video is talking in interviews, or accidents that the team confirmed were faults with the car. His only mistakes this season w...

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But how many mistakes other than his spin in one other GP this year have been his fault? While I know you are not saying he's making anywhere close to the level in 2018, he's still made very few, unless I've been missing them, and he is one who the cameras tend not to miss. I still think as others ...

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I still however would question how being slow, but still basically finishing in the position that the 4th best car should have (and scoring 6 points) can possibly be worse than driving tighter than all the other drivers, onto the white line, admitting to getting on the power too early, causing the ...

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I would say the sprint matters more than some imply. Verstappen over Lawson -- I know, I know; I already made a joke about Verstappen getting 0% and then I vote for him. But there's no way I can do anything else by my usual methodology. I try not to weight single mistakes as highly as general perfo...

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I would say the sprint matters more than some imply. I can't argue that it matters, but since I refuse to watch them out of protest for the dumb format I prefer not to make judgment calls on them. I will use the Sprint results as a form of tiebreaker, but that's just by looking up the results witho...

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Anyone want to join me in the ‘Lando Norris has been the best driver of the 2026 F1 season so far’ club? :] Verstappen for a lot of people now wouldn't be the number 1 performer if you judge all the races including this one. As this is pretty much the biggest mistake any top driver has made. But fo...

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Who had Verstappen taking a 0% score against Lawson on their bingo cards before the weekend?

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I think Lawson is quite a bit better than the reputation he got last year. I don't think he's one of the worst on the grid any more. Barely over a tenth between them. He should have been given longer at Red Bull I would say. I wonder if the Red Bull car isn't suiting Verstappen still? Even Hadjar i...

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The ever difficult to read post-summer break return... 2026 DUTCH GRAND PRIX 1. Kimi Antonelli 2. Lando Norris 3. Max Verstappen 4. Lewis Hamilton 5. George Russell 6. Oscar Piastri 7. Charles Leclerc 8. Yuki Tsuonoda 9. Liam Lawson 10. Arvid Lindblad No, I don't believe in Aston. Or Tsunoda, but I...

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I think you're referring to traumatic injuries in skiing and bike riding from accidents. Without such accidents, damage is minimal or at least manageable in both sports. In boxing, immense and quickly-varying pressure on one's wrists is essential to the sport. To me, that's a core difference in ris...

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I almost forgot this was a Sprint weekend, so I have to get my top three in early as well...

ZANDVOORT
1. Lando Norris
2. Oscar Piastri
3. Max Verstappen

Screw it, I'm believing in Papaya.

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The ever difficult to read post-summer break return... 2026 DUTCH GRAND PRIX 1. Kimi Antonelli 2. Lando Norris 3. Max Verstappen 4. Lewis Hamilton 5. George Russell 6. Oscar Piastri 7. Charles Leclerc 8. Yuki Tsuonoda 9. Liam Lawson 10. Arvid Lindblad No, I don't believe in Aston. Or Tsunoda, but I ...

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Unlike the old regs, and pretty much every iteration of the regs, you might not find lap time by braking later, being more committed and getting on the throttle earlier, as doing so might cost you more on the straight than you gain in the corner. There was another such fundamental change away from ...

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Albon has signed a one year extension with Williams for 2027. An extra year makes sense for both parties. I'm not sure, do you think that Albon would get a seat in another team? Hard to say. I think there are other drivers on the grid worse than him, particularly if he's able to bounce back to more...

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A quick look at your data doesn't seem to confirm its accuracy. After 7 race weekends (which is the number we ran in 2026* so far), there were "only" 9 winners in 2025, for instance. Camara won 3, Tsolov and Stenshorne two each. 2024 also 9 (with Lindblad winning 4), 2023 had 7 (4 from O'Sullivan)....

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Fair enough. Especially, the F3 class of 2026 is one of the weaker ones. Almost everyone can win or be on the podium on his day and if circumstances are lucky. There is a drought of outstanding and high-level talents (with tze exception of probably Slater and maybe Ugochukwu Orlandi). 11 different ...

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While I don't always agree that some team's engineering decisions are fully legitimate regarding the regs, I absolutely do admire their innovation. It's truly creativity at work. E.g., DAS was a great (albeit perhaps narrow) engineering innovation. It's good (IMO) that it was eventually outlawed be...

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Semantics, it means outperforming a driver who is in a better car. Not semantics at all in my view. It is often used to denote something extraordinary, but very, very, very few occasions I can remember where it would actually apply. The qualifying-lap-that-wasn't is one of these very, very, very fe...

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