F1 2026

MTIRAWCP said:
So can you now see these moronic hippies are slowly but surely destroying this sport....

2025 Bahrain pole time : 1:29:348
2024 Bahrain pole time : 1:29:179

-------------------- this sport slowly died when they introduced electricity into the cars engines pushed from wankers like Mercedes Benz and supported by Jean Todt
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What was the 2026 Bahrain pole time?
 
MTIRAWCP said:
So can you now see these moronic hippies are slowly but surely destroying this sport....

2025 Bahrain pole time : 1:29:348
2024 Bahrain pole time : 1:29:179

-------------------- this sport slowly died when they introduced electricity into the cars engines pushed from wankers like Mercedes Benz and supported by Jean Todt <-- they killed the pure power of the sport.
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Do you even know how F1 work?
Since the 1970/80's F1 cars had been slowed down regularly by new regulations, mainly for safety concerns.
Do you realise that teams are permanently developing the cars and the cars just go faster every year?
Thus every so often new regulations comes in to slow them down and then they can start pushing and make them faster again.

So let me help you and all the other DTS fans on this thread.
Testing is not qualifying, how difficult is it to understand? You cannot compare testing times with qualifying times.
I have shown earlier Bahrain testing times from 2022, the previous regulation changes and its not much different than the current testing times..

Also. To compare apples with apples and show how regulation changes slow down cars. With the new regulations in 2022 the fastest qualifying time at Bahrain was more than 1.5s slower than the 2021 Bahrain qualifying time.

So it will probably be similar this year when we get to Bahrain. And then the teams will develop these cars race after race and I bet within a few years these cars is going to be faster again than the previous spec cars,
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Do you even know how F1 work?
Since the 1970/80's F1 cars had been slowed down regularly by new regulations, mainly for safety concerns.
Do you realise that teams are permanently developing the cars and the cars just go faster every year?
Thus every so often new regulations comes in to slow them down and then they can start pushing and make them faster again.

So let me help you and all the other DTS fans on this thread.
Testing is not qualifying, how difficult is it to understand? You cannot compare testing times with qualifying times.
I have shown earlier Bahrain testing times from 2022, the previous regulation changes and its not much different than the current testing times..

Also. To compare apples with apples and show how regulation changes slow down cars. With the new regulations in 2022 the fastest qualifying time at Bahrain was more than 1.5s slower than the 2021 Bahrain qualifying time.

So it will probably be similar this year when we get to Bahrain. And then the teams will develop these cars race after race and I bet within a few years these cars is going to be faster again than the previous spec cars,
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“Cars get slowed down. Teams make them faster. Repeat.” - is an oversimplification.

Regulation cycles exist but not all resets operate on the same technical and political level.

The 1983 ground-effect ban wasn’t the same as 1994’s safety cuts.

2009’s aero simplification wasn’t the same as 2022’s ground-effect reintroduction.

The 2014 hybrid shift didn’t just trim lap times, it rewrote the performance equation around turbo architecture, energy recovery systems, fuel-flow limits, software control and thermal efficiency which created structural advantages that couldn’t simply be “developed away" and hence Mercedes dominance.

Flattening that into a neat historical loop ignores governance, cost caps, engine freezes and manufacturer leverage to mention a few.
 
Does anyone know why they don't just increase the battery size? Is the problem insufficient generation, or battery capacity?
 
that is referred to as the drone problem.
if you want more range/speed on your drone you add battery. this adds weight and you end up getting the same maximum as before.
 
Baxteen said:
that is referred to as the drone problem.
if you want more range/speed on your drone you add battery. this adds weight and you end up getting the same maximum as before.
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I can't imagine that it's a 1:1 trade off here.
 
Speedster said:
Does anyone know why they don't just increase the battery size? Is the problem insufficient generation, or battery capacity?
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I read somewhere that they're saying they won't be able to fully charge the current battery on the faster circuits with longer straights and less braking.
 
ghaye said:
I read somewhere that they're saying they won't be able to fully charge the current battery on the faster circuits with longer straights and less braking.
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I say give the teams an option of a bigger battery. They can then decide if the extra weight is worth it based on each circuit.

I'm with the drivers here, not being able to drive the car at its limit due to insufficient battery is anti-F1.
 
Speedster said:
I say give the teams an option of a bigger battery. They can then decide if the extra weight is worth it based on each circuit.

I'm with the drivers here, not being able to drive the car at its limit due to insufficient battery is anti-F1.
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If you can't fully charge the small battery on some circuits, how are you going to charge a bigger battery? You will end up the same after a lap or two just with more weight.

Give it time. Thats what F1 is all about. From race 1 the engineers will constantly improve the car and come with new solutions and upgrades,
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
If you can't fully charge the small battery on some circuits, how are you going to charge a bigger battery? You will end up the same after a lap or two just with more weight.

Give it time. Thats what F1 is all about. From race 1 the engineers will constantly improve the car and come with new solutions and upgrades,
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On the circuits you can't fully charge it you use the smaller, when there's more charge available you use the bigger battery
 
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The Australian Grand Prix is naming Turn 6 after Red Bull’s Hannah Schmitz and Haas’ Laura Mueller as part of the ‘In Her Corner’ initiative
The programme is a collaboration between Engineers Australia and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation to mark International Women’s Day — which this year falls on race day in Melbourne
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www.formula1.com

Mueller and Schmitz have corner named after them

Laura Mueller and Hannah Schmitz are set to become the first women to have an F1 circuit corner named after them, with Turn 6 to be dedicated to them at the Australian Grand Prix in celebration of International Women’s Day.
www.formula1.com www.formula1.com

The anti-"WOKE" crowd is going to lose their minds.
 
satanboy said:
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www.formula1.com

Mueller and Schmitz have corner named after them

Laura Mueller and Hannah Schmitz are set to become the first women to have an F1 circuit corner named after them, with Turn 6 to be dedicated to them at the Australian Grand Prix in celebration of International Women’s Day.
www.formula1.com www.formula1.com

The anti-"WOKE" crowd is going to lose their minds.
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If they do, it's only because the reporting is so sloppy. The corner hasn't been renamed, it's been "dedicated" for this year.
 
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