F1 2026

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Context for those who don't know:TWG Global, which owns 51% of Cadillac F1 Team and is its main sponsor, is basically being investigated for fraud in the United States. The investigation has been going on for months, and that's forced the director, Mark Walter, to sell several of his assets to have cash flow. In August and September, he sold his shares in the Lakers and Chelsea FC. If he's now looking to sell Cadillac, to me that means things are serious.And how does this affect Checo? Well, not directly, but once again we're talking about a team that's going to be in the middle of a scandal, without stability because now they're looking for a buyer who knows who the hell it'll be and what decisions they'll make (those who said Force India 2.0 weren't wrong) and on top of that, a main sponsor. Goodbye to Dan Towriss (because obviously he's involved too) and with that also his circle, so there'll be a lot of changes :/
 
Speedster said:
Nobody is denying that Charles was way too fast in the corner. The question is why Lewis was so fast too? If he'd simply made the corner his biggest rival on pace for the day would've lost a good heap of time to him.
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thestaggy said:
I mean, it is quite straight forward.

Leclerc attacked him from the start. He fended him off into the first chicane and then had to do it again into the second. In doing so he braked too late, running wide. Leclerc wasn't making that corner either because he himself tried to brake as late as he could.
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quovadis said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2117351023492702289

Context for those who don't know:TWG Global, which owns 51% of Cadillac F1 Team and is its main sponsor, is basically being investigated for fraud in the United States. The investigation has been going on for months, and that's forced the director, Mark Walter, to sell several of his assets to have cash flow. In August and September, he sold his shares in the Lakers and Chelsea FC. If he's now looking to sell Cadillac, to me that means things are serious.And how does this affect Checo? Well, not directly, but once again we're talking about a team that's going to be in the middle of a scandal, without stability because now they're looking for a buyer who knows who the hell it'll be and what decisions they'll make (those who said Force India 2.0 weren't wrong) and on top of that, a main sponsor. Goodbye to Dan Towriss (because obviously he's involved too) and with that also his circle, so there'll be a lot of changes :/
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That is also likely to be the end of Colton Herta's slim F1 aspirations, as he is financially backed by a TWG subsidiary (Gainbridge) and was a personal favourite of Walter and Towriss.

The other issue is GM have invested heavily in two factories; one for their PUs and one for their cars, so that is a substantial investment to suddenly see slip away.

This might also open the door for Andretti, which would be funny.
 
thestaggy said:
He screwed Ferrari in Monza, trashing Hamilton's race and then crashing himself out because he completely lost his mind, and now he ruins another race for them.
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Hi
Maybe you missed it but Hamilton attacked him on the first corner. just like Leclerc did in this race.
Leclerc was on the inside of the corner and made the corner, you blame him.
This race Leclerc is outside and Hamilton on the inside goes so wide that he himself cant even make the corner. LOL yet you blame Leclerc again
The mind boggels.
thestaggy said:
He triggered two incidents with Vettel that knocked both cars out and nearly caused a third. As with Hamilton, Vettel also brought up that they had spoken about how they will race each other and maybe they should crash again (after the first two incidents) so he (Leclerc) gets the message.

There were heated exchanges with Sainz as well.
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You keep making these claims. Yet one of the most successful, if not the most successful, F1 teams kept Leclerc over these others you mention. They must be idiots and you obviously know far more about F1 than they do.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
You keep making these claims. Yet one of the most successful, if not the most successful, F1 teams kept Leclerc over these others you mention. They must be idiots and you obviously know far more about F1 than they do.
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What am I claiming? These incidents happened.

Obviously it made sense at the time. He is seen as the crown jewel of their academy and is (was?) viewed as a future champion. But time moves on. He turns 30 next year and is being shaded by younger drivers from rival teams - with Ferrari's own juniors coming through - while struggling with his older teammate.

It is funny that you are quick to disregard and write off Lando Norris, who is younger and an actual world champion, while vehemently defending Leclerc for achieving what exactly? These have been lean years for Ferrari, yes, but even when he was competitive he made mistakes and overdrove the car, so while he has shown potential at times he has also been error prone, and this is before being enraged at the sight of another red car in front of him.
 
thestaggy said:
What am I claiming? These incidents happened.

Obviously it made sense at the time. He is seen as the crown jewel of their academy and is (was?) viewed as a future champion. But time moves on. He turns 30 next year and is being shaded by younger drivers from rival teams - with Ferrari's own juniors coming through - while struggling with his older teammate.

It is funny that you are quick to disregard and write off Lando Norris, who is younger and an actual world champion, while vehemently defending Leclerc for achieving what exactly? These have been lean years for Ferrari, yes, but even when he was competitive he made mistakes and overdrove the car, so while he has shown potential at times he has also been error prone, and this is before being enraged at the sight of another red car in front of him.
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No you claim that Leclerc have a problem with teammates and single out a few complaints. Yet the same can be said of almost every driver. This is racing people say things in the heat of the moment. There was never a problem with Leclerc, he was/is one of the most likeable drivers out there.
It is only now that the British mafia are trying to brainwash all the idiots in their army that Leclerc is the problem. Because Madame has won 1 race and 1 pole.

Leclerc have never been even close to having a Championship winning car. He has to drive to car of the limits to get good results. 2022 they were fast for a short while but that was either because of cheating or resulting in an unreliable car. Nothing to do with Leclerc.
Ferrari love Leclerc and pay him big money, because he makes the car look better and does not complain too much on the radio or press every time Ferrari f$%#s him over.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
No you claim that Leclerc have a problem with teammates and single out a few complaints. Yet the same can be said of almost every driver. This is racing people say things in the heat of the moment. There was never a problem with Leclerc, he was/is one of the most likeable drivers out there.
It is only now that the British mafia are trying to brainwash all the idiots in their army that Leclerc is the problem. Because Madame has won 1 race and 1 pole.
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Last time. These are not claims, he has documented run ins with all of his teammates, including friendly fire resulting in double retirements (Brazil 2019, Austria 2020) or just crashing himself out because he completely lost it (Monza 2026). Both Vettel and Hamilton spoke out about this, Sainz was more diplomatic as he always is. With Sainz it is also ironic because it was Leclerc complaining about his aggressive driving while Sainz basically said he gave back what Leclerc dished out, calling it ''healthy competition'' and Leclerc trying to ''bite when I have to bite''.

Leclerc have never been even close to having a Championship winning car. He has to drive to car of the limits to get good results. 2022 they were fast for a short while but that was either because of cheating or resulting in an unreliable car. Nothing to do with Leclerc.
Ferrari love Leclerc and pay him big money, because he makes the car look better and does not complain too much on the radio or press every time Ferrari f$%#s him over.
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Yes, he's the only driver to ever drive a bad car and extract good results out of it. Norris has 2 wins this year in a sh*t car and like Ferrari, McLaren are prone to strategic blunders.

8 years with Ferrari, 9 wins. Felipe Massa has more wins for Ferrari, and no disrespect to him, he only had 3 competitive seasons before nearly dying and being rendered a shell of himself as a driver.

Sure, he is very marketable and he is good PR that rarely criticises Ferrari. But really, after 8 years with them team on his salary, you have to ask questions long-term. And it doesn't help when the way he fights his teammate costs them results.
 
thestaggy said:
Last time. These are not claims, he has documented run ins with all of his teammates, including friendly fire resulting in double retirements (Brazil 2019, Austria 2020) or just crashing himself out because he completely lost it (Monza 2026). Both Vettel and Hamilton spoke out about this, Sainz was more diplomatic as he always is. With Sainz it is also ironic because it was Leclerc complaining about his aggressive driving while Sainz basically said he gave back what Leclerc dished out, calling it ''healthy competition'' and Leclerc trying to ''bite when I have to bite''.



Yes, he's the only driver to ever drive a bad car and extract good results out of it. Norris has 2 wins this year in a sh*t car and like Ferrari, McLaren are prone to strategic blunders.

8 years with Ferrari, 9 wins. Felipe Massa has more wins for Ferrari, and no disrespect to him, he only had 3 competitive seasons before nearly dying and being rendered a shell of himself as a driver.

Sure, he is very marketable and he is good PR that rarely criticises Ferrari. But really, after 8 years with them team on his salary, you have to ask questions long-term. And it doesn't help when the way he fights his teammate costs them results.
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OK before I say what I really want to say just this. If you can only mention 2 cases in 9 years and just some vague story about Sainz, then you thumb sucking.

But thats not where it end. YOU ARE PLAIN LYING. You are part of the British mafia who lie about everything. Change the facts as it pleases you to suit your agendas.

So your first example is Brazil 2019 (Please anyone reading here go watch the highlights on YT to verify)
Vettel started 2nd. Leclerc had and engine change or something with 10 place grid penalty and started 14th.
Vettel went backwards from the start, Leclerc was passing cars left right and centre.
Then there was a safety car and Leclerc got fresh tyres. When the race restarted Vettel was 3rd, Albon 4th and Leclerc 5th.
Albon passed the Vettel with ease and then Leclerc was stuck behind his slow teammate.
Leclerc then passed Vettel with a great and clean pass.
Vettel did not back down and came back on the straight.
VETTEL MOVED ACROSS THE TRACK AND HIT LECLERC. Both cars was out.

That is what happened. not the lies you are telling. Not the lies another hasbeen like Vettel told you. Anyone can go watch it and judge for themselves.
 
Hamilton came to Ferrari with every expectation of being the man to bring the team back to the top. Two seasons later, Leclerc has comprehensively beaten him once and is closing in on him again despite three retirements. Ferrari has committed to Leclerc for the long term, and Hamilton is still publicly demanding that the team reconsider how its drivers race each other. At some point, he might have to accept that the problem isn’t Charles Leclerc’s refusal to play second fiddle, but that Hamilton has given Ferrari very little reason to ask him to. It’s a mentality thing.

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