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Verstappen. Superb pace, and very impressive given the team could not understand a word from him. I think the other two main highlights were Lawson and Hulkenberg. I expected a bit more pace from Russell and Hadjar actually. Hadjar's car was hampered the entire race. He complained about several iss...

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At the expense of decreased competition. But that is okay if you want to veer towards a spec series. You can't be against cheating then be against something that prevents cheating, the standard ECU has been in F1 for the past 20/30 years. I can be against for one but not specially for the other whe...

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Well that's the reason for the standard ECU, to prevent cheating. At the expense of decreased competition. But that is okay if you want to veer towards a spec series. You can't be against cheating then be against something that prevents cheating, the standard ECU has been in F1 for the past 20/30 y...

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With the engine unreliability as stated by Mercedes itself, it is clear that the team has not got a handle on the issue. https://www.f1-fansite.com/2026-formula-1-season/2026-used-formula-1-power-unit-elements/ Your argument being an engine can fail at anytime but they should know exactly when an e...

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Logical thinking. The Maylasian track is perfect for overtaking coming from the back. Almost as good as Monza. You prescribe 2 engine penalties for Russell instead of one because foresight should have known that his engine was going to fail in Malaysia. With the engine unreliability as stated by Me...

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Honestly, Hulkenberg's consistency with P11 this year is baffling. He has qualified / finished P 11 12/39 times so far. That while not a big percentage, does seem unusual given that P11 has almost always been in the mix. The main thing to point out here is just how many times he's been so close to ...

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Sky are utterly hopeless with telling you about the weather. They said that the rain had stopped, but are ignoring that it is clearly still heavily raining at other parts of the track. Last weekend, Brundle and Crofty were also saying it was bone dry and ready to race, and then 20+ minutes later wh...

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I was only really chipping in on the technical challenges regarding high-power charging, not advocating one kind of regulation over another. You don't even need high power charging. There are a few solutions available, I remember reading many many years ago an idea for road cars to have removable b...

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The logistics of 2 MW high-speed charging would be a significant issue at some circuits. Take Spa as an example. Depending on the existing electrical infrastructure and exactly where the chargers needed to be located, getting several MW of additional capacity into the pit lane would require a signi...

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The logistics of 2 MW high-speed charging would be a significant issue at some circuits. Take Spa as an example. Depending on the existing electrical infrastructure and exactly where the chargers needed to be located, getting several MW of additional capacity into the pit lane would require a signi...

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- kind of funny computers messed up. we have all gotten frustrated with a computer and unplugged it, plugged it back in. not a good luck for the fit, but they got it fixed. v-8’s will be approved after this fiasco. But it wasn't the computer that screwed up, was it? It was the regs, right? What I'v...

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I've been more open to giving these regs a chance than just about anyone, but... That was a total farce, and the final straw on the proverbial camel's back. Combined with the fact that it's become glaringly obvious that 'AI' is actually in charge of energy and not the drivers or even software writt...

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To be fair, I’ve followed F1 for 35 years, and throughout that time there’s always been a bit of a mantra of finding ways to be technically compliant while pushing the limits of legality. Absolutely no team that’s been around for any length of time can claim to be whiter than white when it comes to...

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On lapped cars, I still don’t really understand why they camt just shuffle them to the back in the right order and add a lap to their total. I assume there must be a way of doing this. It should not be terribly difficult to reinstate the lead lap cars to their timing increments before the SC / red ...

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- kind of funny computers messed up. we have all gotten frustrated with a computer and unplugged it, plugged it back in. not a good luck for the fit, but they got it fixed. v-8’s will be approved after this fiasco. But it wasn't the computer that screwed up, was it? It was the regs, right? What I'v...

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This came up on my feed: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pIDocKA1bpM From someone who took part in the race. Explaining why Max was faster off line, mentioned that they had practice sessions beforehand and how difficult they actually thought it would have been for Verstappen. Quite interesting Is it...

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Yes. Very basically, going so slowly shut the turbo down. Without the turbo the software wouldn't provide any power. The software isn't allowed to provide power in that circumstance for reasons I don't fully understand. Cross-post from the race thread, but it's now been confirmed to be a bug in the...

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Well that is something i only found out just now... Race on Saturday, qualifying on Friday! Has this been planned all year? I'm working on Friday and had something planned on Saturday for one of the few weekends where i was prepared to miss qualifying, but not the race. Good catch - I didn't know t...

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In other news: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cr15822d9vgxo Shorter GPs next year, yeay! And an end to the silly 3 hour window. Out of curiosity, why silly? I think it was hardly ever used, only the 2011 Canadian GP was longer, and a couple more that went something like 3 hours and 1...

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FormulaFun wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2026 6:09 pm
Norris was the best driver, dicked over by VSC

Yes, unfortunate timing, but ... I'd say that McLaren - who brought him with significant life on his mediums (IIRC) - gave up significant pace over several laps that could have been beneficial against Verstappen later on.

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pokerman wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2026 1:31 pm
Also throw in a bad pitstop to ruin Norris' race.

He should not have pitted under green. There should be other VSC opportunities on this course. Bad strategy on McLaren's part .

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TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2026 1:19 pm
While I don't think 2.1 seconds between Bottas and Perez in qualifying was representative, Perez looks far more comfortable here. Bottas is last and Perez is 16th, and Bottas is already nearly 10 seconds behind.

Makes sense. Perez seems to do best on street courses, and is also on mediums.

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So I gather you take your comment back then. How does a 1 second passing deltas create overtaking opportunities like I said before the proof of the pudding is in the eating. You are not answering a very simple question after being called out on a fabrication. But here it is to remind you. Not wanti...

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Even that is not what many on here have argued. Bending the argument beyond breaking point, where have we seen that before I wonder? A few (yes a few!) of us here want to see drivers applying skill when it comes to overtaking, in particular when cars have similar performance. And using artificial m...

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I could have sworn that I heard some booing of Russell at the start of the podium ceremony. Was I imagining something?

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People aren’t happy either way. Some don’t like convergence, some don’t like it when teams have a big advantage. True, people will always disagree on things. Big advantages usually come after a rule shake, someone has done a better job than someone else. But they also normally converge down the lin...

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The problem isn't convergence, the problem is homologation. This caused the mess with the hybrid engines in 2014 and it now causes the mess with the ADUO system. Let teams spend the money where they think most gains can be made. The restriction around engine development is something that in my view...

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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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I heard boxing training. Yes, I heard the same yesterday evening on the BBC. I wonder whether boxing is considered a risky sport for F1 drivers. I would imagine that the likes of skiing and bike riding might be more riskier. I think you're referring to traumatic injuries in skiing and bike riding f...

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2089948785224888756 It has since been confirmed: Lawson racing for Red Bull, Tsunoda for the Racing Bulls. I hope they both have the weekend of their lives (so far)! I wonder what Hadjar did to damage his wrist. I heard boxing training. Yes, I heard the same yesterday evening on the BBC. I wonder w...

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There was another such fundamental change away from driving at the limit about a decade and a half ago, which we've sadly become so used to I think we sometimes forget its impact: when the made-to-degrade tyres were first inflicted on the sport. Outside of qualifying (and that's the main difference...

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2089275637202665641 2089660625085415615 Anyone else expecting the new engine to go "bang" or is it just me? I hope not, I'd love for AM to get in the mix, they can catch Audi and Williams, maybe even Haas, but can they get to Alpine's level of points? With the caveat that I have not been following ...

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2089275637202665641 2089660625085415615 Anyone else expecting the new engine to go "bang" or is it just me? I hope not, I'd love for AM to get in the mix, they can catch Audi and Williams, maybe even Haas, but can they get to Alpine's level of points? With the caveat that I have not been following ...

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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 few occasions, but I would not extend it to something that spans a ra...

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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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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 few occasions, but I would not extend it to something that spans a ra...

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No driver at any stage of his career regardless of the regulations has ever outperformed his car. Thought I just point out the bleedingly obvious. The only thing a driver can do is drive closer to the limit of what a car is theoretically capable of. Semantics, it means outperforming a driver who is...

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stories out there that apple tv has seen a 60% drop in ratings compared to espn, in the states. Thanks; that actually sounds kind of what one might expect. A major drop because AppleTV does not have the essentially 100% penetration that ESPN (bundled) has in almost all cable and cable-like products...

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Hey, I've barely been tracking the conversation about this poll, but as there is a lot of conversation about the results, here is how I voted (FWIW). Hopefully, it helps provide another data point to flesh out the small number of votes: Your Vote Difference 1: Verstappen -1 2: Antonelli +1 3: Hamil...

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Hey, I've barely been tracking the conversation about this poll, but as there is a lot of conversation about the results, here is how I voted (FWIW). Hopefully, it helps provide another data point to flesh out the small number of votes: Your Vote Difference 1: Verstappen -1 2: Antonelli +1 3: Hamilt...

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