F1 2026

MuterOfWorlds said:
Piastri beat the current lap record during FP2 today that was set in 2024, you know, just 2 years ago, during the prior reg's....
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wait what are you doing?
Go to Formula1.com and click on results, then click on Australia, then click on FP1, FP2 etc, you can see the times of any year.

Just compare last year's to this years
 
MuterOfWorlds said:
Remind me again, when were drivers able to really go full out like the good ol days? What with the pushed tyre degradation and fuel load limits, controlled budgets for part replacement etc etc?


And wasn't this tracks suppose to show up issues with the system, with lower chances for charging batteries?
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Well they never had to deliberately lift off because regulations forced them into a situation where they have to...
 
Qualifying doesn't count..... per rules.... lolz

I'm honestly surprised nobody mentioned the rain from last year yet..... Or did I miss it?

On a serious note though, jokes aside.

How come the FP2 lap time counting for the lap record this year.... but ignored from last year? You google lap record for Melbourne and its Piastri's FP2 time now, last years practice lap times no where to be seen. Aren't the practice lap times to be ignored, like practice, with the record being official race times?

Rather odd? Anyone have any ideas?
 
Assuming qualy 3 time is a mid to low 1:18, what is 107% of that? And would the FIA or the Stewards (Whoever make the decision) allow Aston Martin to race if they fall foul of that 107% limit?

EDIT: If my maths is mathing, that would be about 1:23. A tall order at this stage it seems for them. That being said, given the raft of recent changes, I wouldn't be surprised if they are granted special dispensation to partake in the race. The likelihood of both cars finishing, based on current evidence, is slim to zero.
 
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MuterOfWorlds said:
Qualifying doesn't count..... per rules.... lolz

I'm honestly surprised nobody mentioned the rain from last year yet..... Or did I miss it?

On a serious note though, jokes aside.

How come the FP2 lap time counting for the lap record this year.... but ignored from last year? You google lap record for Melbourne and its Piastri's FP2 time now, last years practice lap times no where to be seen. Aren't the practice lap times to be ignored, like practice, with the record being official race times?

Rather odd? Anyone have any ideas?
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The website you viewed with the "lap record" is wrong?
 
Aston Martin and Honda are clowns.

Aston Martin boss Adrian Newey lays bare Honda F1 inexperience and admits team racing in Australian GP not certain​

"When they reformed a lot of the original group had, it now transpires, disbanded, gone to work on solar panels or whatever. So a lot of the group that reformed are actually fresh to Formula 1, they didn't bring the experience that they had had previously

"Plus, when they came back in 2023 that was the first year of the budget cap introduction for engines so all their rivals had been developing away through '21 and '22 with continuity the existing team and free of budget cap.

"They re-entered with let's say only, I'm guessing, 30 per cent of their original team and now in a budget cap era. So they started very much on the back foot and unfortunately they've struggled to to catch back up."

But asked if Aston Martin had been aware of the level of the inexperience shortfall when they signed their Honda deal in May 2023, Newey, who joined Aston Martin from Red Bull last spring, said: "No, we weren't

"We only really became aware of it kind of November of last year when we - Lawrence [Stroll], Andy Cowell and myself - went to Tokyo to discuss as rumours starting to suggest that their original target power they wouldn't achieve for race one.

"Out of that came the fact that many of the original workforce had not returned when they restarted."
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How does it take Aston Martin until November 2025 to check in on their engine partner, who were making somewhat of a return to F1?

It also shows how professional Red Bull's approach was to their engine division. It is very clear that they were doing a lot of the heavy lifting over the past 4-years and Ford has walked in to an excellent situation.
 
Agent_Smith said:
Assuming qualy 3 time is a mid to low 1:18, what is 107% of that? And would the FIA or the Stewards (Whoever make the decision) allow Aston Martin to race if they fall foul of that 107% limit?

EDIT: If my maths is mathing, that would be about 1:23. A tall order at this stage it seems for them. That being said, given the raft of recent changes, I wouldn't be surprised if they are granted special dispensation to partake in the race. The likelihood of both cars finishing, based on current evidence, is slim to zero.
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Yep, it is around 1:23.

Their participation will be contingent on whether their on-track presence is deemed to be a safety risk or not.

An Audi missing out on 107% due to technical issues will likely be allowed to start because their testing and practice times indicate that car will not be a hazard.

These Aston Martins will not be able to finish the race and are at high risk of breaking and coming to a stop out on track. They have, throughout testing and practice, proven incapable of even completing long runs. By the book, they are a hazards. They may however reach an agreement with the FIA and Stewards that they will run for x-amount of laps or until a point where their lap times are well below what is deemed safe.
 
Can we talk about the new SkyF1 intro music? It SUCKS!
 
The Aston Martin & Honda situation is shocking and a disgrace tbh.

With the amount of talent and skills, supposedly, and money, coming across as amateurs, how the **** can you have a car that is basically dangerous and unstable. Isn't there any tests done in the factory, isn't there any correlation done before the new season... seriously the issues they talk about should've been detected at the factory already. Aren't these new engines tested in a chassis beforehand? It's a huge disgrace imo, and most of it is at Honda's door. They never seem to be able to have an engine that can perform or be reliable out the box.

An engine and chassis should gel together as a unit. This just seems like this whole project was put together by 5-year-olds playing lego and just sticking blocks randomly where none of the parts are cohesive.
 
Ja I can't work that out?! Are they not allowed to put the car on a full dyno and just run a race simulation with it, or do the regs ban that?

Very odd the car can't even go 50km or something retarded! My wheelbarrow goes further than that
 
I just wanna say **** the new F1 theme song. Auto tuned garbage. Probably even AI.
 
Im dissapointed these cars aren't AI enabled.

Bleh

/s
 
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