F1

[TheStig]

Yeah I saw it, I don't like the white color (don't get me started about the blue HP logo). I prefer the all red or red-black combinations but everyone has different taste. The Schumi era Ferrari's will always be my favourite.

 

[Windhook]

Looks different (used to be the livery in the 70s), but I like it. I don't like the tons of sponsors F1 allows on cars, but that's the reality of the sport.

 

[Windhook]

Max Verstappen: "This isn't Formula 1, it's Formula E on steroids. I don't enjoy driving these cars."

 

[DonAK]

Early days, and it's testing after all, but Ferrari looking very promising.

So I wonder how they'll end up regressing with upgrades as usual....

Max Verstappen: "This isn't Formula 1, it's Formula E on steroids. I don't enjoy driving these cars."

Losing speed on straights due to the battery will do that to you...

 

[Windhook]

Losing speed on straights due to the battery will do that to you...

Saw a video of Hulkenberg's onboard camera from Bahrain preseason tests. The battery gets drained from full to null at the start/finish straight. And then Hulk has to keep the car at higher gear to recharge the battery, while bogging the engine.

This is like some racing sim, where you have the TURBO advantage for 10 seconds. It replaces the boring DRS zones, but in reality it's not much different as concept. I expect the turbo to be applied at the straights, where DRS zones were formerly.

 

[TheStig]

Max Verstappen: "This isn't Formula 1, it's Formula E on steroids. I don't enjoy driving these cars."

He's totally right, it's horrible what the policital green agenda did to this sport with this electrical nonsense. Bring back V12s, get the electrical motors the fuck out of this sport, it should go back to vacuum cleaners where they belong and race!

 

[Haraldinho]

They have to lico as fuck.
A serious synchronisation is required between engine power recovery and aerodynamics. I have a seen a lot of beam wings lookalike as well (beam wing is forbidden this year).

You guys know Yelistener ?
Small video here explaining that F2 has the same speed as F1 on certain turn at Sakhir.

 

[Windhook]

You guys know Yelistener ?
Small video here explaining that F2 has the same speed as F1 on certain turn at Sakhir.

Yep, love his channel. Attention to details, rather than storytelling like some others.

I'm comparing the lap times to last season. 2026 best time (Russel) is 3 seconds behind 2025 (Piastri). But keep in mind those are still pre-season test and DRS is gone, not official FP Bahrain runs.

Obviously this season will be re-adjusments and adaptation to the new rules. That was expected, but the slower cars and chaotic overtakes were not.

https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/comments/1r859v5

(sorry but this is the only video I could find) That's Hadjar overtaking Bottas, or Bottas letting Hadjar through, not clear to me.


In the other news - Lance Stroll spun out into the gravel.