Hey look at that, Detroit's now only the second worst track on the calendar

If your car's too heavy it's because there's too much car. Just make less car.

Via: The Race. Thing is, this is so easily done. The ICE is basically the exact same as last year, with the power reduced by restricted boost pressure and fuel flow. Both easily tune-able. Then just remove some of the battery cells. We’d lose some more weight that way too!

I somehow got this exactly right 😂😂

Bit of a flatter second half, but overall enjoyed that! - Brilliant scrap for the lead early on - Strategy was interesting - Loads of racing - No DRS trains F1 breathes a sigh of relief, they REALLY needed this to not be a shit show.

Honestly I don’t think Ferrari honsed this, P3/4 was the best they were getting. Mercedes have pace in hand.

Aston have a humiliation kink

Lawson getting shown his rookie teammate’s arsecheeks by every single possible metric this weekend definitely isn’t good for him.

Constantly having to recalibrate my brain whenever I see a gap close to a second and thinking “he’s within DRS now”

Australians when they run out of beer;

Genuinely the first time we’ve seen Audi onscreen today Still no sign of Williams 😅

The humongous lift and coast pre-T9/10 isn’t getting any more fun to watch

Alonso and Stroll sacrificing their sense of touch for P17 and P18

One thing’s for sure, Hamilton absolutely seems happier with the 2026 cars.

Lindblad’s “lol nope” approach to the Red Bull hierarchy is delightful

New regs, new cars, new aero, new engines, new era. Same old Ferrari strategic blundery.

Great scrap between Leclerc and Russell, but it’s hard to know what you’re actually looking at. Is the driver behind using boost? Is the driver ahead just out of battery?

Merc are definitely fastest overall, but we didn’t see the full picture at the front today. - Neither Ferrari or McLaren optimised energy recovery/deploy - Wing damage for Norris - No Verstappen Don’t think we’ll see Merc have 0.7s all season long.

Post-FP1 and FP2, I’d say…. 1. Mercedes 2. Ferrari 3. McLaren 4. Red Bull 5. Haas 6. Racing Bulls 7. Audi 8. Alpine 9. Williams 10. Cadillac 11. Aston Martin BUT….. I don’t think Red Bull are showing their hand yet.

Yeah…Alex Palou might be too good for Indycar. And that’s not a slight on the series’ talent level at all. It’s a hugely competitive field with some astonishing drivers. But Palou’s too good for them. He’s a “top 3 in the world” talent right now.

As a general rule I tend to ignore everything Lucas di Grassi says, because he’s an insufferable know-it-all smartypants who’s obsessed with taking digs at F1. But he’s not wrong.

It's funny, since McLaren finally achieved a WDC again last year, it feels like my internal pressure has lifted and it's not as crucial to me that the team dominates 2026. Obviously I want them at the front, but it's not gonna be as big a factor in my enjoyment of the 2026 season.

RIP Alpine’s WEC effort. I fear more exits to follow…

Today’s top stories; - The Aston is dogshit and Alonso is pissed - Both Hamilton and Verstappen absolutely hate the 2026 cars - Compression ratio fight looks like it’s going to get nasty Just another cheery day in F1 pre-season 😂😂

Is it me or is this just….weird? Years after retiring just joining a random team you never drove for and have no history with as an ambassador

First pre-season in years I find myself not willing Red Bull to have gotten it wrong 😅 it's an odd feeling Like 85% of the team's unlikeability came from Horner and Marko

Ferrari fanbase literally every single pre-season, absolutely without fail;

There's a non-zero chance that circuit security shoots down an overeager fan's drone this week at Barcelona. It's just...something I can see happening 😅

All the whining about the FCY for the fog at Daytona...if the weather's too dangerous for racing, it's too dangerous for racing. At least it was at night. Le Mans in 2024 had safety car from 3am to 9am for monsoon conditions. Know what we did? Went back to our tent and went to sleep 😅 great timing.

Williams pulled focus to 2026 early too...not having the car ready in time for the Barcelona test is pretty inexcusable tbh. That's some big pressure to overcome early doors

Us: Are Ferrari gonna do red/white or red/black? Ferrari: Yes

Whenever our dog gets told off for doing something naughty (like chewing toilet roll)…. …he puts HIMSELF on the naughty step

Audi messed up with that Adidas logo placement Introducing their 2026 driver lineup: HULA and BORA

First car to look worse than last year’s. - New livery’s a mess; doesn’t follow any lines of the car. Half the logos are too big for the space they’re in - White wheel covers are ASS, they look like £30 plastic trims - Somehow managed to make a smaller & lighter car look chunkier and not as sleek

Fabulous looking thing… ….but the prominent Toyota branding has made me realise how odd this team is now. 😅 An F1 team that isn’t “global car manufacturer with a multinational company title sponsor”….but the opposite way round. Would be like if there was a Unilever F1 team sponsored by BMW

RIP and good riddance to front wing endplate being in line with outer edge of tyre, 2009-2025. Massive welcome back to front wing endplate being in line with inner edge of tyre. Just looks….right.

Apart from the number font which is a mess….. ….this is HAWT. 🔥🔥

Trump every few days for the past 9 years;

Playing Gran Turismo 4, on a MacBook, with an Xbox controller…. If 2006 me could see this, his head would explode.

This private F1 test on Jan 26th-30th. No TV coverage, no fans, no media Security will be extremely tight, the circuit’s mostly surrounded by trees, and there’s no tall buildings nearby. Spy photos basically impossible So…images/footage online of 2026 F1 cars by lunchtime on day 1, do we think? 😅

Literally 95% of the negativity about the Stranger Things finale is from media-illiterate serial complainers who think their own headcanon is gospel. It’s amusing and sad in equal measure

The 2012 season honestly still amazes me. - Apart from Seb’s run of 4, no other driver won consecutive races - 8 race winners - 7 winners in the first 7 races - 5 teams won a race - 7 teams on the podium - No driver got more than 2 consecutive poles - STILL no points for Marussia/Caterham/HRT 😅

This comperession ratio loophole stuff is causing hilarity over on The Other App… ….hordes of people having a shit fit because they’ve only been watching F1 for five minutes and don’t know what a loophole is and/or what F1 team’s relationship with rules actually is

A Red Bull running No.3 just looks like Ricciardo is back, and that’s all it will ever look like

Banking apps doing yearly wrappeds now…absolutely diabolical patter.

- Perez cracking top 10 in 2023 - Albon up in 6th in 2019 - Ricciardo only 3rd in 2014 and only 4th in 2016 - Alonso only 9th in 2024 - Bottas only 10th in 2017 but up to 8th in 2018 - Kubica only 4th in 2008 Actually remarkable how consistently bad TPs are at this 😂

Well I for one am shocked, shocked I tells ya

Reflecting on Hamilton’s season, that was…bad. Like Schumacher at Mercedes bad, with more than a few parallels But, without the caveats Schumacher had; three years out of the sport plus a motorbike crash injury that was much more serious than let on at the time 2026 is crucial to Hamilton’s legacy

Championship standings with fastest lap points added; NOR: 429 (+6) VER: 424 (+3) PIA: 416 (+6) Championship standings with Sprints removed; NOR: 394 (-29) VER: 389 (-32) PIA: 381 (-29) F/lap points added AND Sprints taken away; NOR: 400 (-21) VER: 392 (-29) PIA: 387 (-21)