[Vancouver240sx]

The 2026 F1 Season

Driver Line Up
https://i.imgur.com/91qFXU2.jpeg

2026 Car Launch Schedule
https://i.imgur.com/NBEvTIL.jpeg

Massive formula update

smaller, lighter cars with
active aerodynamics replacing DRS
push to pass access to battery power
50/50 electric power in hybrid engines and sustainable fuels
less underbody aero reliance


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_xpJpxsh_0

Schedule
https://i.imgur.com/tFDdsvd.jpeg

Rich

[Vancouver240sx]

If you want to go even deeper into the new Formula, this is a very detailed look as how the new cars will perform for the drivers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZTikgAcGGs

Rich

[fuzebox]

Very curious to see the new changes, especially the impact with all the new aero stuff.

[pastarocket]

New Ferrari engine:


https://youtu.be/w0VyEENU-xw?si=poVhz6TvT4X9gZZu


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[mb_]

Watching F1 for the first time live this year in Japan :)

[nabs]

The cars look so nice, quite noticably smaller as well.

[The Producer]

pre season max content w special guest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-liL_cpEMQ

[HonestTea]

I just hope for a competitive season without one team running away with it.

[Vancouver240sx]

pre season max content w special guest


Reminds me of this video from last year, which I think gives the best look into Max's actual personality. Also hosted by my favorite reviewer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY8pQMt8eB4

Rich

[The Producer]

yep - Chris Harris highlight of 2025 for sure.

[sonick]

This was entertaining:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-liL_cpEMQ

Bigtime really stepping up!

The GT40 Arvid drove was sick

[EvoFire]

The Race posted, Adami has been moved to Ferrari Driver Academy. There's no news on who will be Hamilton's race engineer

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1360995296040958&set=a.211368347670331

[SkinnyPupp]

New rules have me intrigued. I fell off pretty quick last year, let's see what happens this time

[pastarocket]

Audi is in F1 now:


https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260121/29428b1d623face00f22dfee3493ba9c.jpg


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[Eff-1]

I gotta admit , all of these new features: overtake mode, boost mode, recharge mode, flex wings, super duper hyperspeed mode....

I dunno. Remember the game F-Zero? This kinda feels like that now.

[Vancouver240sx]

A lot has been happening in the world of F1 since testing. Even trying to understand the new regs is a challenge, these Chain Bear videos are always a good place to start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnG8nJO_WQI

Rich

[supafamous]

Who thinks that both Bahrain and Jeddah get cancelled due to the war? WEC has already cancelled/postponed Qatar which was happening at the end of March. Bahrain and Jeddah are both mid-April races so they probably have only 2 more weeks to decide if they're cancelling.

Not sure they can easily find a backup plan in time as well - I heard maybe Imola and/or Turkey.

[Dbone]

Yes, I could see it happen. That might be good news for Honda if it gives them some time to fix their POS engine.

I'm going to the Japan GP this year. If you see a bunch of dudes in Canadian tuxedo's at Spoon that's us. :)

[HonestTea]

I hope the racing isn't as bad as what the drivers are all saying..

[bcrdukes]

I don't really follow F1 outside of what you guys post here, but what's wrong with Honda's engines this season?

[Eff-1]

Aston Marton signed Honda as its exclusiv engine supplier this year. Like all the teams, Honda's engine has been built from scratch this year because of new rules. From the beginnging, reliability has been bad, and they've literally been running out of replacement parts.

I read an article this morning that said Aston Marton might only do the contractually required minimum required number of at Australia and then pull over. lol

[bcrdukes]

Ouch. Are any other teams feeling the heat with the new rules? (I assume yes.)

[roastpuff]

Not as much as AM/Honda are.

Mercedes engines look strong, Ferrari looks strong as an overall package... We will see.

[Vancouver240sx]

I'm not excited about these new engine rules, HOWEVER, the difference between engine design this year is interesting. Merc seems to have some really good top end power and drivability, RB has strong battery recovery, and Ferrari looks to be REALLY strong on starts and slow speed accel.

Australia will be interesting because qualifying won't give us the full story.

Rich

[dark0821]

I hate Ferrari giving me hope... fuck... I guess... I can only hope

[Great68]

Aston Marton signed Honda as its exclusiv engine supplier this year. Like all the teams, Honda's engine has been built from scratch this year because of new rules. From the beginnging, reliability has been bad, and they've literally been running out of replacement parts.

I read an article this morning that said Aston Marton might only do the contractually required minimum required number of at Australia and then pull over. lol

I can't keep from laughing at Alonso and being fucked over by new Honda engines a second time.

[roastpuff]

I can't keep from laughing at Alonso and being fucked over by new Honda engines a second time.

Honda is literally killing their drivers

https://i.redd.it/2bf820qi94ng1.jpeg

[Eff-1]

The Athletic's F1 coverage is really good. They just did a full breakdown of Aston Martin's dumpster fire. In short:

Lawrence Stroll, the Canadian billionaire, bought the cash-strapped Force India squad in 2018, many big moves followed, with one sole intention: to build the next great Formula 1 team.

First came the Aston Martin rebrand. Then the signing of four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel from Ferrari. Then a state-of-the-art, $250million factory, complete with a new wind tunnel. When Vettel retired in 2022, he was replaced by double world champion Fernando Alonso, whose success in early 2023 fueled hope the team was on the cusp of joining F1’s elite.

Securing Honda’s support with an exclusive F1 engine deal from the start of the 2026 season was another big statement. Even greater was the signing of Adrian Newey, the decorated car designer, after he sought an exit from Red Bull.

Instead.....

In an interview with Aston’s website, released at the start of February, Newey revealed the team’s wind tunnel “wasn’t on song until April” 2025, one month after he joined the team. Other teams had their first 2026 models in the wind tunnel from the very start of the year.

“That put us on the back foot by about four months, which has meant a very compressed research and design cycle,” said Newey. “The car only came together at the last minute, which is why we were fighting to make it to the Barcelona (test).”

Honda had to rebuild from its F1 exit — effectively reversed when its deal with Aston for 2026 was announced in mid-2023. Koji Watanabe, the president of Honda Racing Corporation, told reporters in January there had been a “huge reduction of engineers and mechanics” prior to the decision to fully return to F1 for 2026, after which point it went on a recruitment drive for its base in Sakura, Japan.

“So in comparison to our competitors, perhaps you can say that we were behind,” he said, referring to the need to recover its F1 engine staff headcount. “We’re committing to doing everything in developing a very competitive power unit. This is our target.”


hen came the added challenge of getting the new Honda engine into the Newey-designed Aston.

Newey has made a habit of tightly packaging cars through his F1 career, as he seeks every bit of aero advantage possible. By choosing sleek bodywork that fits tight over an engine, teams can significantly reduce car drag levels. This is especially important with the 2026 engines in mind, as they run out of electrical power and struggle to retain top speeds for long. Extra drag makes this worse.

Newey retained his packing philosophy for his first Aston, saying it was “much more tightly packaged than I believe has been attempted at Aston Martin before.”

That can also have a knock-on effect on the engine and has previously negatively occurred with past examples of Newey’s packaging philosophy. Back in 2014, when the previously dominant Red Bull hit trouble with its new Renault engine, the tight packaging and its impact on engine cooling was cited as a contributing factor. Newey did not win another title until Verstappen’s first in 2021.

This time around, it’s the battery that has been Honda’s primary issue with its new turbo hybrid engine. The issue stems from severe vibrations in the internal combustion part of the engine when the car is running on track, with the subsequent battery breakages through testing creating the parts shortage.

And now we learned the vibrations are risking nerve damange to the drivers, lol.

If that's not all bad enough, they are stuck with Lance Stroll as a driver lol.

[AstulzerRZD]

Nobody’s better at getting it wrong than the Brit’s
- Indians own Jaguar Land Rover
- Brexit
- Middle East owns their real estate
- foreign embassy built right next to communication lines

[pastarocket]

https://www.planetf1.com/news/lewis-hamilton-african-gp-support-regain-control

Lewis Hamilton urges nations to ‘unite and take Africa back’ alongside F1 return wish


Lewis Hamilton has said that, alongside Formula 1 returning to Africa, he hopes to see its nations “unite and take Africa back”.

The seven-time World Champion has spent plenty of time in the continent in recent years over Formula 1’s summer breaks, with the sport as a whole not having visited for over three decades.

Africa has not hosted a Formula 1 round since the 1993 South African Grand Prix, with the nation having long explored avenues to look to return to the Formula 1 calendar.

Rwanda and Morocco are also believed to have expressed an interest in hosting Formula 1 in recent years, to bring a race back to the African continent.

Having discussed his own experience of and love for Africa, Hamilton emphasised its potential on the global stage, while again reiterating his aim to be on the grid for a race as and when it returns to the sport.

[Vancouver240sx]

I've posted a video from this guy before, perhaps it isn't worth watching the whole video... but the first 10 is a really good look into the complexity of these new regulations. I really dislike the whole thing but it wills shape this formula while it is here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIaQ1-z6dDc

Rich

[bcuzracecarz]

I know we’re one quali into the season but the mercs look real quick. Ferrari I think could figure it out but let’s see if they can dial in their race pace (recent history says they won’t). I’m not a huge fan of the new cars / tech but let’s see how it goes I guess….was cool seeing the front wing opening and closing though

[Vancouver240sx]

Watching the cars decel on straights during qualy was a bummer.

Rich

[Great68]

Agreed, the race better be good and close because otherwise qualifying was a travesty for the "pinnacle of motorsport".

The drivers also seem to really hate these new cars.

[mb_]

Audi looks really good for their first official season with their own engine too

[dark0821]

Some things change... some things dont.... fucking strategist in red never dissapoints .... effin we gonna push 19 years with no title...

[Great68]

I dunno, jury's still out for me on the new regs. The race was good for the first 20 laps or so, but then got just as boring as most races last year.

[supafamous]

Most of the new regs I like - the cars are clearly way more nimble and you can see the driver's working them (and Lewis is happy again) but the engine regs are not so hot. Losing 60kph on a straight because they are running out of power even under full throttle is not ok and they better find a way to address that (it's also super dangerous).

[HonestTea]

KIMI ON POLE!

[Vancouver240sx]

Great to see Kimi ontop! Thankfully the Ferrari starts so well, will make the race interesting for sure.

Rich

[supafamous]

That was a pretty entertaining race and a decent showcase of the new powertrains. Seeing cars battle so closely together lap after lap is great and seeing Lewis fighting so hard was awesome.

Hopefully Ferrari can find a bit more power and we can have a real scrap at the front.

[Vancouver240sx]

Good race, I definitely like the new chassis. If it wasn't for Ferrari's starts I think this year would be pretty boring so far (at least at the front).

Another great video on the new rules:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DV9jcsrUQ

Rich

[Great68]

Sums up the new regs perfectly (watch at 11:43):

https://youtu.be/S9NaL5QFnCM?t=703

[dark0821]

my wife stood up when Russel over took Lecler with 3 laps to go... then Lecler coming back by turn 1 and she sat back down lololol