Pre-Season F1 2026

[Il_leone]

they were discussing this on testing yesterday. their talking about 2030 as potential title challenge. which i bet lifted alonso already cheery mood

and that is still with Lance Stroll right ?

I don't think Honda will wait for 2030 though

 

[F1Brits_90]

Lance is their for as long as he wants to be. alot of the stories are that he wants to race & he is as motivated as anyone. as proven when he drove in pain last season. when everyone wouldve understood if he missed a few

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i think mercedes will be very pleased to leave bahrain. for Antonelli to a 32.8 on a C3, compared to what most feel was qualifying simulation on the C4 by leclerc when he did a 31.9. mercedes will be pleased. as i they never intentional did a 100% qualifying sim. just a race runs or detuned quick lap

so only be 9 tenths on the harder tyre + heavier fuel. mercedes will be pleased

if i had to take a punt at the impossible
1 - mercedes
2 - ferrari
3 - mclaren
4 - red bull

 

[Il_leone]

Lance is their for as long as he wants to be. alot of the stories are that he wants to race & he is as motivated as anyone. as proven when he drove in pain last season. when everyone wouldve understood if he missed a few

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i think mercedes will be very pleased to leave bahrain. for Antonelli to a 32.8 on a C3, compared to what most feel was qualifying simulation on the C4 by leclerc when he did a 31.9. mercedes will be pleased. as i they never intentional did a 100% qualifying sim. just a race runs or detuned quick lap

so only be 9 tenths on the harder tyre + heavier fuel. mercedes will be pleased

if i had to take a punt at the impossible
1 - mercedes
2 - ferrari
3 - mclaren
4 - red bull

Lance will be there but both Saudi investors and Honda will put pressure on Lawrence if the car is not a front runner because Lance keeps binning it . Really if Lawrence wants to be successful he needs to make business decisions or step aside so someone else will

Melbourne first practice could be telling but I give Newey mid season to sort it out because that's what happened with Mclaren and he had similar problems at Williams

I believe Ferrari are in better shape than last year for sure

I only picked up that Mclaren were running a different Merc engine spec which is interesting

Williams being not right there with the 4 is a disappointment as well